3. (Zoöl.) (a) A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored,
process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or
reptile. (b) Barbel of a fish.
4. (a) The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus
Acacia, used in tanning; — called also wattle bark. (b) (Bot.) The
trees from which the bark is obtained. See Savanna wattle, under
Savanna.
Wattle turkey. (Zoöl.) Same as Brush turkey.
Wat"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wattled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wattling
(?).]