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lappet

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A small decorative fold or flap, especially of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A wattle or flap-like structure on the face.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

Examples

  • Some vultures have lappets of bare flesh on the sides of the head.
  • Tompot blennies are distinguished by a pair of lappets above the eyes and dark stripes along the body.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A head-dress made with lappets for lace pendants.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A lobe (division of an organ).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To decorate with, or as if with, lappets.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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6

noun

Meaning 6

medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lappet moth

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lasiocampid, lasiocampid moth

7

noun

Meaning 7

a small lap on a garment or headdress

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lap, overlap

8

noun

Meaning 8

a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wattle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: caruncle, caruncula

History

Etymology

From lap + -et.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ذُؤَابَة (ḏuʔāba) — small decorative fold or flap
  • Bulgarian: дипла (dipla) — small decorative fold or flap
  • Esperanto: basko — small decorative fold or flap
  • Finnish: laskos — small decorative fold or flap
  • Finnish: nauha — small decorative fold or flap
  • Finnish: lappu (flap) — small decorative fold or flap
  • French: bout — small decorative fold or flap
  • German: Zipfel — small decorative fold or flap
  • Portuguese: fanhão — small decorative fold or flap
  • Welsh: llabed — small decorative fold or flap
  • Finnish: heltta (wattle) — zoology: wattle or flap-like structure on the face
  • German: Hautlappen — zoology: wattle or flap-like structure on the face