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Pronunciation : Mus*tache"
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [F. moustache, It. mostaccio visage, mostacchio mustache, fr. Gr. mostacho.]
Definition : 1. That part of the beard which grows on the upper lip; hair left growing above the mouth.

2. (Zo?l.)

Defn: A West African monkey (Cercopithecus cephus). It has yellow whiskers, and a triangular blue mark on the nose.

3. (Zo?l.)

Defn: Any conspicuous stripe of color on the side of the head, beneath the eye of a bird.

pl. Mustaches (. [Written also moustache.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913