dewlapped

English

Etymology

dewlap +‎ -ed

Adjective

dewlapped (not comparable)

  1. Having dewlaps (of a specified kind).
    yellow-dewlapped lizards
    • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 3
      When we were boys, / Who would believe that there were mountaineers / Dewlapp'd like bulls, whose throats had hanging at them / Wallets of flesh?

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