dewlap

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Dew + lap, to lick.

(US) IPA: /ˈdu.læp/, /ˈdju.læp/

(RP) IPA: /ˈdjuː.læp/

dewlap (plural dewlaps)

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.
The sagging flesh on the human throat of an old person.

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

pendulous skin under neck

The sagging flesh on the human throat of an old person