Dewlap

/ˈdu.læp/

Synonyms for "dewlap" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
color displaydisplay flap

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
gular foldthroat display

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
throat flapthroat skinfoldwattles

Related word relations

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More general

7 entries
anatomical featurebehavioral displaycommunication signalcutisskinskinfoldtegument

More specific

4 entries
color displaygoat dewlaplizard dewlapsize display

Collocations

6 entries
dewlap colordewlap displaydewlap extensiondewlap sizegoat dewlaplizard dewlap

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A hound it was, an enormous coal-black hound, but not such a hound as mortal eyes have ever seen. Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame.

Source: tatoeba (6620774)

1901 – 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame.

Source: wiktionary

He ended up looking at himself in the mirror. His image stared back at him. He was developing a dewlap - a definite dewlap. He waggled under his chin scornfully with his fingers.

Source: wiktionary

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