👗 A fabric flap 🦃 A skin fold 🦋 A moth

lappet

9.9

A fleshy fold of skin under a bird's or lizard's neck

noun
/ˈlæpɪt/

Specialized

: carúncula

The turkey's bright red lappet wobbled as it walked around the yard.

Examples

Many lizards display a colorful lappet to attract mates or ward off rivals.
Male chickens often have a prominent lappet beneath their beaks.
The chicken has a bright red lappet under its throat.
Turkeys display their lappets during courtship.
Male chickens often have a prominent lappet beneath their beaks.
Many lizards display bright lappets to attract mates during the breeding season.
The turkey's colorful lappet flapped as it proudly strutted in the yard.

Synonyms

wattle

vslappet

1 9.1

A loose fold of skin that hangs under a bird's beak

means the identical fleshy skin fold and shares the same descriptive sense

Compounds

lappet caterpillar

Specialized

9.6

A young insect that becomes a moth and has flaps of skin along its sides

lappet moth

Specialized

9.5

A medium-sized hairy moth with caterpillars that feed on leaves

How Large

dewlap

1 9.9

wattle

1 9.1

lappet

Specialized

9.9

skinfold

Specialized

1 5.8

Surface Forms

lappet singular

lappets plural

Etymology

Lappet comes from an old word lapp meaning 'a small flap or piece of cloth', the same idea you see in lapel. That's why a bird's lappet is the loose, hanging fold of skin under the beak, like a natural 'flap' on the animal.