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dewlap

[ doo-lap, dyoo- ]

noun

  1. a pendulous fold of skin under the throat of a bovine animal.
  2. any similar part in other animals, as the wattle of fowl or the inflatable loose skin under the throat of some lizards.


dewlap

/ ˈ»åÂá³ÜËËŒ±ôæ±è /

noun

  1. a loose fold of skin hanging from beneath the throat in cattle, dogs, etc
  2. loose skin on an elderly person's throat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ»å±ð·ÉËŒ±ô²¹±è±è±ð»å, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å±ð·Él²¹±è±è±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dewlap1

1350–1400; Middle English dew ( e ) lappe, apparently dewe dew + lappe lap 1; compare Danish »å´Ç²µ-±ôæ±è, Dutch (dial.) dauw-zwengel; literal sense is unclear
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dewlap1

C14 dewlappe, from dew (probably changed by folk etymology from an earlier form of different meaning) + lap 1(from Old English ±ôæ±è±è²¹ hanging flap), perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish »å´Ç²µ±ôæ±è
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In Brazil, 80% of the cows are Zebus, a subspecies originating in India with a distinctive hump and dewlap, or folds of draping neck skin.

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An imposing white cow with a distinctive hump on her back and flaps of "dewlap" skin flowing from her neck like a fashionable scarf set a record at auction last June in Arandú, Brazil.

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The zebu, easily recognized by its big shoulder hump and pronounced dewlap, is more tolerant of heat and drought, and more resistant to some diseases, although it produces less milk.

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Instead, I find an Appalachian apple doll, withered and spotty, with dewlaps and bags and long floppy ears.

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What better way to wake up those tired eyes and add ballast to those sagging dewlaps than this curtain raiser to the Roaring Twenties?

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