dewlap

English

Etymology

Dew, of unknown meaning and origin, + (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English læppa (“a loose hanging piece”)

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.læp/, /ˈdju.læp/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdjuː.læp/

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 human throat of an old person.

Coordinate terms

• dewclaw - same first root element, "dew"

Translations

pendulous skin under neck

• Finnish: helluvainen
• French: fanon (fr) m
• Galician: gorgueira (gl) f, papo (gl) m
• Georgian: ღაბაბი (ka) (ɣababi)
• German: Wamme (de) f, Kehlwamme f

  Alemannic German: Buuchlämpe m (on cattle)

• Icelandic: hes n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: pappagorgia f
• Latin: paleāria n pl
• Norman: brueûtchet m (Jersey)
• Russian: подгрудок (ru) m (podgrudok)
• Scottish Gaelic: sporan m, caisean m
• Spanish: papo (es) m, papada (es) f
• Swedish: dröglapp c (on cattle)
• Telugu: గంగడోలు (te) (gaṅgaḍōlu)
• Turkish: gerdan, gıdık

The sagging flesh on the human throat of an old person

• Finnish: kaksoisleuka (fi)
• Galician: papo (gl) m
• Italian: pappagorgia f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: второ́й (ru) (vtorój) подборо́док (ru) m (podboródok)
• Spanish: papada (es) f
• Turkish: gıdık (tr)

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