lappet


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Synonyms for 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

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a small lap on a garment or headdress

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medium-sized hairy moths

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Diagnosis: There are 2 pairs of dendritic branchiae and a large lateral lappet attached to segment 2 ventrally and 3 dorsally.
Further, velarial lappets and corresponding warts characteristic of A.
For example, in the summer of 1800, within twenty days, a group of fifty people collected about thirteen cubic metres of caterpillars and cocoons of the pine-tree lappet on approximately 154 hectares in the community forest of Neu-Ruppin northwest of Berlin (90) In 1820, from June to early August, about 10,000 caterpillars were gathered in the forest district GroB-Schonebeck north of Berlin.
Comprising of more than 170 000 hectares of biodiversity, the NamibRand Reserve is astonishing and includes the endangered cheetah and Lappet faced vultures as well as many of the Namib famous endemics, the Dune Lark and Grants Golden Mole, making up all-in-all a soulful destination to loving travellers.
The butterfly lappet valves are used as parts for adjusting components of fluid flow in hydraulic and pneumatic transportation (fig.
The family Lasiocampidae includes the eggar, lackey or lappet moths, a characteristic group of medium-sized, stout-bodied and often sombre-coloured insects that are related to the silk moths (Bombycidae) and moon and atlas moths (Saturnidae).
I won't take that, I will show you I am a soak lappet [drenched leopard] if you write about me again." Kamara's supporters say he is being persecuted by "very top government and ruling party officials who are determined to use the force of law to silence dissent and the existence of a free press in the country".
After a seven-month search, JC Penney of Puerto Rico gave its advertising account to the local agency Lappet, Ilene & How (LIH), effective May, reports El Nuevo Dia (April 8, 2002).
The caterpillars of many phytophagous lepidopterans, such as the Siberian pine moth (Dendrolimus sibiricus) and the pine-tree lappet (D.
"Smart district regulators assisted us in providing equitable gas deliveries," adds Tony Lappet, Technology Specialist, Yankee Gas.
CATTERICK: 2.00 South Light, 2.30 Whiskey And Water, 3.00 Baileys In Bloom, 3.30 Bumbledom, 4.00 Lever Du Soleil, 4.30 Ginvincible, 5.00 Lappet, 5.30 Tom's Anna.
The Meath Maestro can complete another double in the North with LAPPET (5.00).