wattle

  1. Noun.  A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
  2. Noun.  A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.
  3. Noun.  A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat.
  4. Noun.  Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person.
  5. Noun.  Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus ''Acacia''.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles.

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