wattle

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Synonyms: battle, rattle, attle, tattle, cattle, twattle, nattle, pattle, wattie, sattle, wittle

Antonyms: battle, rattle, attle, tattle, cattle, twattle, nattle, pattle, wattie, sattle, wittle

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Noun

1. A [[construction]] of [[branch]]es and [[twig]]s [[woven]] together to form a [[wall]], barrier, [[fence]], or [[roof]].
2. A single [[twig]] or [[rod]] laid on a [[roof]] to support the [[thatch]].
3. A [[wrinkled]] [[fold]] of [[skin]], sometimes brightly [[coloured]], [[hanging]] from the [[neck]] of [[bird]]s (such as [[chicken]] and [[turkey]]) and some [[lizard]]s.
4. A [[barbel]] of a [[fish]].
5. A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat.
6. Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person.
7. Any of several [[Australian]] [[tree]]s and [[shrub]]s of the [[genus]] {{taxfmt|Acacia|genus}}, or their [[bark]], used in [[tan]]ning, seen as a [[national emblem]] of [[Australia]].
8. {{lb|en|slang|obsolete}} An [[ear]] {{gl|organ of hearing}}.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[construct]] a wattle, or make a construction of wattles.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[bind]] with wattles or twigs.

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