Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In ornithology, wattled; having fleshy lappets at the base of the beak: as, the lappeted lapwing, Hoplopterus tectus or Sarciophorus pileatus.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
lappet .
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Examples
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A black vulture rose up out of the depths on widespread pinions and floated past them almost within arm's length, turning its gruesome naked head of pink lappeted skin to stare at them with inscrutable black eyes before sailing away.
The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995
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Pulling on his cinnamon-coloured, bear-lined overcoat as he went, he had just stepped thoughtfully into the street when he collided with a gentleman dressed in a similar coat and an ear-lappeted fur cap.
Dead Souls 1842
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I would fain merit your esteem, heedless of those pursy fellows from hulks and warehouses, with one ear lappeted by the pen behind it, and the other an heirloom, as Charles would have had it, in Laud's
Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Walter Savage Landor 1819
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