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dewlaps

dewlaps is the plural of dewlap.

Meaning of dewlap

Noun

dewlap (plural dewlaps)

  1. 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 outlined in flickering flame.
  2. 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.2017, Bernard MacLaverty, “Chapter 2”, in Midwinter Break, page 36

Questions about dewlaps

What is dewlaps the plural of?
Dewlaps is the plural of dewlap.

Words near dewlaps in the dictionary

  1. Dewitting
  2. Dewitts
  3. dewlap
  4. dewlapped
  5. dewlapping
  6. dewlaps
  7. dewlapt
  8. dewless
  9. dewlessness
  10. dewlike
  11. dewmist

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