About The Word Lappet

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Lappet to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Lappet definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Lappet

Lappet Meaning & Definition
Lappet Definition And Meaning

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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Atomic reactor ‐ a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate…
  • Purplish pink ‐ a purplish pink dye was discovered in 1859, the year a battle…
  • Cotyloidal ‐ of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh…
  • Bonk ‐ hit hard [v] have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps…
  • Thomas j. hanks ‐ United States film actor…
  • Consumer finance company ‐ a finance company that makes loans to people who have trouble…
  • Empetraceae ‐ heathlike shrubs
  • Dance ‐ taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to…
  • Writhed ‐ twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad contorted…
  • Point in time ‐ a very short period of time; "at that point I had…