Crossword clues for dewlap
dewlap
- Fold of skin on a bulldog
- Turkey's wattle
- Bulldog's jowl
- The flap of skin on an iguana's neck
- Something found on a hound
- Pendulous skin
- Loose skin below throat
- Iguana's skin fold
- Iguana or zebu feature
- Hanging fold of skin on neck
- Hanging fold of loose neck skin
- Hanging fold
- Feature of an iguana's neck
- Iguana feature
- A hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck
- Wattle relative
- Fold of skin under the throat
- Pendulous fold near the neck
- Fowl feature
- Rooster's wattle
- Bird's wattle
- Friend we would back may, at a stretch, be 16 at the front?
- Loose skin below the throat
- Hanging fold of skin on a person's neck
- Turkey wattle
- Skin hanging from a dog's neck
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dewlap \Dew"lap`\, n. [Dew + lap to lick.]
The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing.
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The flesh upon the human throat, especially when with age.
On her withered dewlap pour the ale.
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., dewe lappe, from lappe "loose piece" (Old English læppa), first element of unknown origin or meaning. Originally of cattle.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing, or a similar feature on any other animal. 2 The sagging flesh on the human throat of an old person.
WordNet
n. a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck
Wikipedia
A dewlap is a longitudinal flap of skin that hangs beneath the lower jaw or neck of many vertebrates. While the term is usually used in this specific context, it can also be used to include other structures occurring in the same body area with a similar aspect, such as those caused by a double chin or the submandibular vocal sac of a frog. In a more general manner, the term refers to any pendulous mass of skin, such as a fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck, or the wattle of a bird. Dewlaps can be considered as a caruncle, defined as 'a small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy'.
Usage examples of "dewlap".
Now, to venture upon parading a beautiful young Duchess of Dewlap, with an odour of the shepherdess about her notwithstanding her acquired art of stepping conformably in a hoop, and to demand full homage of respect for a lady bearing such a title, who had the intoxicating attractions of the ruddy orchard apple on the tree next the roadside wall, when the owner is absent, was bold in Mr.
But the distinctiveness of a Duchess of Dewlap with the hair and cheeks of our native fields, was fraught with troubles outrunning Mr.
Yet, I must own, a Duchess of Dewlap is a provocation, and my exclusive desire to protect the name of my lord stands corrected by the perils environing his lady.
Afsan arrived out of breath, his dewlap waggling in the breeze to dissipate heat.
Afsan by the throat, claws sharp against his skin, his dewlap bunched painfully against his neck.
Afsan could feel the sack of his dewlap waggling in the breeze, dissipating heat.
His dewlap went from being a flaccid sack waggling beneath his muzzle to a puffed ruby balloon, almost as big as the dome of his cranium.
And then, finally, he withdrew, his energy spent, her pheromones shifting to a more neutral character, his dewlap deflating, but hanging loosely open to help dissipate his body heat.
One of them grabbed Afsan by the throat, claws sharp against his skin, his dewlap bunched painfully against his neck.
Forgool was a male, but this person was a female: the front of her neck lacked the loose folds of a dewlap sack.
Without a word, I got up and hurried from the room, terrified that my dewlap would puff in front of her.
During the early part of the voyage, Toroca could stand wearing his complete snowsuit for only a few centidays before he began to overheat, his dewlap waggling.
Revolted, Afsan yanked his arm away, but he realized, almost as an afterthought, that there had been no signs of the remains of a dewlap sack around the cut.
His dewlap felt as though it was ready, at any moment, to balloon up into a great ruby ball.
He had worried it and tugged on it so often during the last two years that it now hung down nearly as far as the dewlap that dangled beneath his neck.