lappet
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 (Freq. 1) • Syn: wattle • Hypernyms: caruncle, caruncula 2. a small lap on a garment or headdress • Hypernyms: lap, overlap 3. medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars • Syn: lappet moth • Hypernyms: lasiocampid, lasiocampid moth
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