lappet, lappet moth
(noun) medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars
lappet
(noun) a small lap on a garment or headdress
wattle, lappet
(noun) a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lappet (plural lappets)
A small decorative fold or flap, especially of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.
(zoology) A wattle or flap-like structure on the face.
A head-dress made with lappets for lace pendants.
(obsolete, anatomy) Lobe (division of an organ).
lappet (third-person singular simple present lappets, present participle lappeting, simple past and past participle lappeted)
(transitive) To decorate with, or as if with, lappets.
• P-plate, applet
Source: Wiktionary
Lap"pet, n. Etym: [Dim. of lap a fold.]
Definition: 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.
Lap"pet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lappeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lappeting.]
Definition: To decorate with, or as with, a lappet. [R.] Landor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 December 2024
(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
