wattle
noun
Often wattles. a number of rods or stakes interwoven with twigs or tree branches for making fences, walls, etc.
wattled
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past participleof wattle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof wattle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
wattlenounOften wattles. a number of rods or stakes interwoven with twigs or tree branches for making fences, walls, etc. -
a word derived from
wattle.
wattlenounOften wattles. a number of rods or stakes interwoven with twigs or tree branches for making fences, walls, etc.
Example Sentences
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Although I suppose if either was your cousin, while you’d be portrayed as mad and wattled, the portrait would be worth millions.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2021
Our near silence left undisturbed an African jacana, whose long toes enable it to spread its weight over floating lily pads, and a rare pair of wattled cranes—birds that stand almost 6 feet tall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2015
Skirmishes between lovers and haters of the wattled invaders have existed since the ducks made their way here from South and Central America.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 13, 2015
Although I suppose if either was your cousin, while you'd be portrayed as mad and wattled, the portrait would be worth millions.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2014
Beak roundish, bluntish; forehead wattled; wings spurred: 5 species.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by William MacGillivray
