OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 21687

wattle

/ˈwɒtl̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
zarzo
A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
And there the heathen Prince, Arviragus, / Gave him an isle of marsh whereon to build; / And there he built with wattles from the marsh / A little lonely church in days of yore, [……
barbilla • carúncula • piña
A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.
mamella
A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat.
papada
Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person.
The buttons below his waddle open to reveal a ruddy V, tidemark of the sun.
acacia
Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia, or their bark, used in tanning, seen as a national emblem of Australia.
The tents and sheets are made of the best Canadian duck, tanned for the purpose of preservation with a strong extract of iron-bark and wattle-bark.
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