See Also: wattle(medicine)
wattle(1)(dictionary)
wattle(2)(dictionary)
wattle(dictionary)
willow wattle(medicine)

wattle(2) (iou)



wattle noun2. E16.
[Origin unkn.]
A coloured fleshy lobe hanging from the head or neck of certain birds, as the domestic fowl, turkey, etc. E16.
A flap of skin hanging from the throat or neck of some pigs, sheep, and goats. L16.
= BARBEL 2. M17.
Comb.: wattlebird (a) any of several Australian honeyeaters of the genera Anthochaera and Melidectes, which have a wattle hanging from each cheek; (b) (in pl.) the songbirds comprising the New Zealand family Callaeidae, which have wattles hanging from the base of the bill, and include the saddleback, the kokako, and the extinct huia; wattle-eye any of various African songbirds of the genus Platysteira (family Platysteiridae), which have a small coloured wattle above the eye.