About The Word Lappet
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Lappet
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What's The Definition Of Lappet?
[n] medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars
[n] a small lap on a garment or headdress [n] a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards Synonyms | Synonyms for Lappet: lappet moth | wattle Related Terms | Find terms related to Lappet: crease | creasing | crimp | dog-ear | double | doubling | drape | duplicature | ear lobe | flection | flexure | flounce | fold | frill | gather | hanger | hanging | lapel | lobation | lobe | lobule | pendant | plica | plication | plicature | ply | ruche | ruching | ruffle | tuck | uvula See Also | caruncle | caruncula | lap | lasiocampid | lasiocampid moth | overlap Lappet In Webster's Dictionary \Lap"pet\, n. [Dim. of lap a fold.]
A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in a
garment or headdress. --Swift.
{Lappet moth} (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of bombycid
moths, which have stout, hairy caterpillars, flat beneath.
Two common American species ({Gastropacha Americana}, and
{Tolype velleda}) feed upon the apple tree.
\Lap"pet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lappeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lappeting}.] To decorate with, or as with, a lappet. [R.] --Landor. |
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