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lap·pet
(lăp′ĭt)n.
1. A decorative flap or loose fold on a garment or headdress.
2. A flaplike structure, such as the wattle of a bird or the lobe of the ear.
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lappet
(ˈlæpɪt)n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) a small hanging flap or piece of lace, etc, such as one dangling from a headdress
2. (Zoology) zoology a lobelike hanging structure, such as the wattle on a bird's head
[C16: from lap1 + -et]
ˈlappeted adj
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lap•pet
(ˈlæp ɪt)n.
1. a small lap, flap, or loosely hanging part, esp. of a garment or headdress. See illus. at miter.
2. a wattle or other fleshy process on a bird's head.
lap′pet•ed, adj.
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| Noun | 1. |  lappet - a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards |
| 2. | lappet - a small lap on a garment or headdress | |
| 3. |  lappet - medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillarslasiocampid, lasiocampid moth - medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae |
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