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Lappet

noun
1.
A fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards.  Synonym: wattle.
2.
A small lap on a garment or headdress.
3.
Medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars.  Synonym: lappet moth.



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"Lappet" Quotes from Famous Books



... men were of higher rank, the shenti was ornamented. It was patterned, and parted towards the two sides, while a richly adorned lappet, terminating in uraei, fell down in front.[0122] The girdle, from which it depended, was also patterned, and the shenti thus arranged was sometimes a not inelegant garment. In addition to the shenti, it was common among the upper classes to wear over the bust and shoulders a close-fitting ...
— History of Phoenicia • George Rawlinson


Words linked to "Lappet" :   lasiocampid moth, caruncula, lappet caterpillar, caruncle, overlap, lap, lasiocampid


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