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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



... the republic, and if so, to declare war; or, in case this siege had been undertaken solely by the authority of Hannibal, to require that he should be delivered up to the Romans.(721) The deputies perceiving that the senate gave no direct answer to their demands, one of them taking up the folded lappet of his robe, "I bring here," says he, in a haughty tone, "either peace or war; the choice is left to yourselves." The senate answering, that they left the choice to him: "I give you war then," says he, unfolding his robe. "And we," replied the Carthaginians, ...
— The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, • Charles Rollin


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


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