OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 8261

dewlap

/ˈdu.læp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
papada • papo
The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, or a similar feature on any other animal.
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 outl…
papada
The sagging flesh on the throat of an elderly human.
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.
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