Found 2 items, similar to Lappet.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: lappet
lappet
n 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 [syn:
wattle]
2: a small lap on a garment or headdress
3: medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars
[syn:
lappet moth]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Lappet
Lappet
\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.
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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.
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Lappet
\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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