| wattle | 1. A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods. "And there he built with wattles from the marsh A little lonely church in days of yore." (Tennyson) 2. A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch. 3. <zoology> A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly coloured, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile. Barbel of a fish. 4. The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus Acacia, used in tanning. Synonym: wattle bark. <botany> The trees from which the bark is obtained. See Savanna wattle, under Savanna. Wattle turkey. <zoology> Same as Brush turkey. Origin: AS. Watel, watul, watol, hurdle, covering, wattle; cf. OE. Watel a bag. Cf. Wallet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| wattlebird | 1. <ornithology> Any one of several species of honey eaters belonging to Anthochaera and allied genera of the family Meliphagidae. These birds usually have a large and conspicuous wattle of naked skin hanging down below each ear. They are natives of Australia and adjacent islands. The best-known species (Anthochaera carunculata) has the upper parts grayish brown, with a white stripe on each feather, and the wing and tail quills dark brown or blackish, tipped with withe. Its wattles, in life, are light blood-red. Called also wattled crow, wattled bee-eater, wattled honey eater. Another species (A. Inauris) is streaked with black, gray, and white, and its long wattles are white, tipped with orange. The bush wattlebirds, belonging to the genus Anellobia, are closely related, but lack conspicuous wattles. The most common species (A. Mellivora) is dark brown, finely streaked with white. Called also goruck creeper. 2. <zoology> The Australian brush turkey. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| willow wattle | <botany, ecology> A living, permeable barrier made of willow stems set into the ground with willow branches woven around the stems, used to reduce erosion on steep banks or to act as a check dam in a stream. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| wattle | framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence |
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| wattle | a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards |
| wattle | interlace to form wattle |
| wattle | build of or with wattle |
| wattle | building material consisting of interwoven rods and twigs covered with clay |
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