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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dew•lap /ˈduˌlæp, ˈdyu-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Zoologya loose, hanging fold of skin under the throat of an animal.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dew•lap (do̅o̅′lap′, dyo̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation n. - Zoologya pendulous fold of skin under the throat of a bovine animal.
- Zoologyany similar part in other animals, as the wattle of fowl or the inflatable loose skin under the throat of some lizards.
- 1350–1400; Middle English dew(e)lappe, apparently dewe dew + lappe lap1; compare Danish dog-læp, Dutch (dialect, dialectal) dauw-zwengel; literal sense is unclear
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dewlap /ˈdjuːˌlæp/ n - a loose fold of skin hanging from beneath the throat in cattle, dogs, etc
- loose skin on an elderly person's throat
Etymology: 14th Century dewlappe, from dew (probably changed by folk etymology from an earlier form of different meaning) + lap1 (from Old English læppa hanging flap), perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish doglæp |