Wordie: Wattle

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(n): an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds

(n): framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence

(n): a structure supporting or containing something

(n): any of various Australasian trees yielding slender poles suitable for wattle

(n): any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia

(v): build of or with wattle

(v): make by combining materials and parts

(v): interlace to form wattle

(v): spin,wind, or twist together

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7 months ago reesetee said:

Hey, I only have two hands, you know! Why, I haven't even begun to think about my bird vocalizations list....

7 months ago chained_bear said:

reesetee, you don't already have a Bird Parts list?! Shameful! (listmistress)

7 months ago bilby said:

Luvverly. Can I swap one for a wagtail's entrails?

7 months ago mollusque said:

Buzzard gizzard. How's that for a bird part?

7 months ago bilby said:

Any word whose definition commences: "a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin" has many interesting possibilities.
Does the assembled Conference of Avians hereby approve?
25 mapies say 'Aye'.
And those birds on the fence or against?
1 popinjay says 'Nay'.
MOTION CARRIED.

7 months ago reesetee said:

Watch it--I may start a list of bird parts. ;->

Anyway, that was a mollusque addition, I believe. We're charter members of the Shared List Club.

7 months ago bilby said:

Wattle reesetee be listing next?!

7 months ago mollusque said:

A tree or shrub of the genus Acacia.

7 months ago skipvia said:

See caruncle.

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