neck frill
noun
1A frill of material at the neck of a garment, a ruff.
2 Palaeontology an upward-curving bony plate extending behind the skull of many dinosaurs, chiefly ceratopsians.
3 Zoology the erectable folds of skin on the neck of the Australian frilled lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingii (family Agamidae), which are raised in threat displays and for thermoregulation.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Littell's Living Age.
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