dewlap (DOO-lap, DYOO-lap) noun

   A loose fold of skin hanging under the neck of an animal such as cow,
   rooster, lizard, etc. In birds this appendage is also known as a wattle.

[From Middle English dewlappe; dew, of unknown origin and meaning, + lap,
fold.]

   "Gore is rather more bearish than the last time I saw him, but still
   handsome, his leonine head beginning to soften with dewlaps, his fiercely
   intelligent eyes surrounded by innumerable wrinkles."
   Erica Jong, Into the Lion's Den: Visiting Gore Vidal is No Small
   Undertaking, The Guardian (London, UK), Oct 26, 2000.

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