Thesaurus: lappet

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1. n. A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.
2. v. t. To decorate with, or as with, a lappet.
3. 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
4. n. a small lap on a garment or headdress
5. n. medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars
6. A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress. Swift. Lappet moth (Zoöl.), 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. To decorate with, or as with, a lappet. [R.] Landor.
7. A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in agarment or headdress. Swift. Lappet moth (Zoöl.), one of severalspecies of bombycid moths, which have stout, hairy caterpillars, flatbeneath. Two common American species (Gastropacha Americana, andTolype velleda) feed upon the apple tree.
8. n. a small lap on a garment or headdress n. medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars