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How to pronounce dewlap in English?

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Type Words
Type of cutis, skin, tegument

Examples of dewlap

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He'd spray ammunition at a beast until he struck a haunch or horn or dewlap.
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She pulled fur from her dewlap to make a nest on the wire floor of her cage.
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Pagliolaia, the dewlap or flap that hangs down from the jowls of the steer.
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The robotic Anolis always bobbed its head, and extended its dewlap.
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They are characterised by a fatty hump on their shoulders, drooping ears and a large dewlap.
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Males employ head bobbing and dewlap extension in courtship.
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The male has a pink or red dewlap that extends from his chin.
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The male has a pink or red dewlap that can be extended from the chin as a courtship or territorial display.
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Have you ever been so excited as you watch a doe pulling fur from her dewlap as she's ready to kindle?
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More examples
  • A hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck
  • A dewlap is a longitudinal flap of skin that hangs beneath the lower jaw or neck of many vertebrates. ...
  • The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing, or a similar feature on any other animal; The sagging flesh on the human throat of an old person
  • (dewlapped) Having dewlaps (of a specified kind)
  • The upper fold under the neck of a Merino sheep.
  • Loose, pendulous skin under the throat.
  • A pendulous fold of loose skin which hangs from the throat. Common in does. It should be in proportion to the total body size. Not accepted in some breeds.
  • Loose skin on the lower neck of animals such as eland, rabbits, and iguanas.
  • A fold of loose skin under the throat of an animal. Male frogs and toads fill thier dewlaps with air to make a sound to attract females during breeding season.