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Definition of: dewlap
(d
′lap′, dy′-) noun
1. The pendulous skin under the throat of cattle.
2. Something likened to a dewlap, as the wattles of a turkey, or the flaccid skin sometimes seen under the chin of an aged person. [ME dewlappe <dew, origin uncertain + lappe, OE lœppe lobe, fold]
—dew′Iapped′ adjective
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