Hyphenation of lappet

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word lappet? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

lap-pet

Definitions of lappet:

1.	A fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
2.	A small lap on a garment or headdress
3.	Medium-sized hairy moths Larvae are lappet caterpillars

Synonyms of lappet:

noun	wattle, caruncle, caruncula
noun	lap, overlap
noun	lappet moth, lasiocampid, lasiocampid moth

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