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单词 dewlap
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Definition of dewlap in English:

dewlap

noun ˈdjuːlapˈd(j)ulæp
  • A fold of loose skin hanging from the neck or throat of an animal, especially that present in many cattle.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In tree lizards, the male morphs are represented by differences in the coloration of the dewlap (throat fan) used in social communication.
    • Common sites of injection in birds include the wing web, wattle, dewlap, and interdigitary skin.
    • They're the bright, neon-green iguanas of mainland South America, garish, streetwise cousins of the clean-living marine iguanas of the Galápagos, with dangling dewlaps and a decadent string of fringe down their backs.
    • Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame.
    • Since 1960 the Southeast Asian nation has claimed the kouprey - an ox with spectacular crescent-shaped horns and a dewlap under its chin - as its national symbol.
    • Wattle, OT congenital cervical tragus, is a term coined by Clarke1 to describe an unusual skin appendage found on the neck analogous to growths on the dewlaps of birds (turkeys, roosters, etc).
    • Burchell's zebras can be distinguished from mountain zebras by the possession of ‘shadow stripes’ on the back and hindquarters, and the absence of a dewlap.
    • Double chins and dewlaps, dimpled knees and canyon cleavages jiggle and shimmer in the harsh glare of the stage lights.
    • I assure you that I make it a point to smile at least twice daily - to keep the dewlap under control.
    • Androgen treatment of adult female tree lizards has also revealed potential genotypes underlying dewlap color in this species.
    • The creature which is purely Indian is hump-backed, long horned, and sports a large dewlap.
    • Exposed skin of the ceres, dewlaps, horns, bills or legs may be brightly colored red or blue.
    • Dad was about five-foot-eight of brown-haired game show loser, a sausage-eating mutt in his mid-thirties, growing dewlaps and a gut, dressed in shorts and a Six Flags Over Georgia T-shirt.
    • In this species, males exhibit one of three ARTs that are correlated with variation in dewlap color.
    • They have a large dewlap or fatty lump on the back of the neck which, among other things, is useful for stopping the yoke from slipping off.

Origin

Middle English: from dew and lap1, perhaps influenced by a Scandinavian word (compare with Danish doglæp).

 
 

Definition of dewlap in US English:

dewlap

nounˈd(j)ulæpˈd(y)o͞olap
  • A fold of loose skin hanging from the neck or throat of an animal, especially that present in many cattle.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame.
    • Burchell's zebras can be distinguished from mountain zebras by the possession of ‘shadow stripes’ on the back and hindquarters, and the absence of a dewlap.
    • Wattle, OT congenital cervical tragus, is a term coined by Clarke1 to describe an unusual skin appendage found on the neck analogous to growths on the dewlaps of birds (turkeys, roosters, etc).
    • They have a large dewlap or fatty lump on the back of the neck which, among other things, is useful for stopping the yoke from slipping off.
    • In this species, males exhibit one of three ARTs that are correlated with variation in dewlap color.
    • Exposed skin of the ceres, dewlaps, horns, bills or legs may be brightly colored red or blue.
    • Since 1960 the Southeast Asian nation has claimed the kouprey - an ox with spectacular crescent-shaped horns and a dewlap under its chin - as its national symbol.
    • The creature which is purely Indian is hump-backed, long horned, and sports a large dewlap.
    • Double chins and dewlaps, dimpled knees and canyon cleavages jiggle and shimmer in the harsh glare of the stage lights.
    • Common sites of injection in birds include the wing web, wattle, dewlap, and interdigitary skin.
    • In tree lizards, the male morphs are represented by differences in the coloration of the dewlap (throat fan) used in social communication.
    • I assure you that I make it a point to smile at least twice daily - to keep the dewlap under control.
    • They're the bright, neon-green iguanas of mainland South America, garish, streetwise cousins of the clean-living marine iguanas of the Galápagos, with dangling dewlaps and a decadent string of fringe down their backs.
    • Dad was about five-foot-eight of brown-haired game show loser, a sausage-eating mutt in his mid-thirties, growing dewlaps and a gut, dressed in shorts and a Six Flags Over Georgia T-shirt.
    • Androgen treatment of adult female tree lizards has also revealed potential genotypes underlying dewlap color in this species.

Origin

Middle English: from dew and lap, perhaps influenced by a Scandinavian word (compare with Danish doglæp).

 
 
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