| 单词 | throat pouch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthroat pouch throat pouch n. any of various distensible or erectile structures located on or within the throat of certain animals (including birds, lizards, frogs, etc.), serving purposes such as the storage or acquisition of food, the enhancement of vocalizations, and sexual display; cf. throat sac n. and throat flap n. (b). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > throat-pouch throat pouch1819 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXI. at Lizard The horned guana is a variety of the iguana, and is nearly the same in size and general proportions... It wants, however, the throat pouch. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. ii. xii. 33 In the genus Sitana, the males alone are furnished with a large throat-pouch. 1954 Sci. News Let. 17 Apr. 242/3 The mouthbreeder, Tilapia macrocephala, protects his offspring from predatory fishes and bacteria by churning them around and around in his throat pouch. 1983 Copeia 6 May 304/2 The male throat pouch, a secondary sex characteristic indicating sexual maturity, begins to develop in some cricket frogs in Oct. 2006 Field Guide Birds N. Amer. (National Geographic Soc.) (ed. 5) 104 Smaller Double-crested Cormorant has orange throat pouch. < as lemmas |
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