crested
Bearing head plumage
Crested describes something bearing a crest—a tuft, plume, or raised formation on top.
Birds are often crested: a crested jay, the crested penguin.
Helmets and coats of arms may be crested with decorative elements.
The word also describes reaching a peak: The river crested at twelve feet.
Small aquatic salamander
- geckoClimbing lizard with toe pads
- iguanaLarge crested American lizard
- chameleonLizard altering its pigmentation
- serpentCunning, limbless reptile
porcupine · seal · penguin · grebe · lizard · dragon · basilisk
Crested tropical bird
- cardinalOf foremost importance
- jayColorful crow relative
- hoopoeCrested Afro-Eurasian bird
- cassowaryLarge flightless Australian bird
quail · macaw · peacock · pheasant · parrot · egret · woodpecker · kingfisher
newt
Small aquatic salamander
- geckoClimbing lizard with toe pads
- iguanaLarge crested American lizard
- chameleonLizard altering its pigmentation
serpent · porcupine · seal · penguin · grebe · lizard · dragon · basilisk
cockatoo
Crested tropical bird
cassowary · quail · macaw · peacock · pheasant · parrot · egret · woodpecker · kingfisher · guineafowl
coat of arms
Hereditary symbolic emblem
- escutcheonShield bearing heraldry
- chargeCost or accusation
- fieldArea of specialty
chevron · bend · saltire · argent · sable · azure · vert · or · blazon · tincture
ridge
Narrow raised strip
dune · wave · hill · escarpment · tor · prominence · hogback · moraine · snowcap · cornice
- decoratedadorned, bedecked, decorated, embellished, festooned
- bird featuresbeak, bill, plumage, feathered, winged
- Guinea Pigscavy, Abyssinian, Peruvian, American, teddy
- reptile traitsscaly, cold-blooded, slithering, forked tongue, shedding skin
- heraldic linesinvected, embattled, indented, wavy, dovetailed
cresteduncrested
Having no raised ridge
crestless · bare-headed · flat-headed · plumeless · bald
crestedunadorned
Lacking decoration or ornament
undecorated · plain · unembellished · bare · unornamented
- family crestHereditary household emblem
- wave crestSwell's highest point
- school crestInstitution's official symbol
- royal crestOfficial emblem of monarchy
- house crestHereditary identifying emblem
- college crestUniversity's official emblem