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What is a dewlap?

What is a dewlap? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. 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.
  2. The sagging flesh on the human throat of an old person.
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The lower portion presents loose skin that contributes to the formation of a slight dewlap.
The creature which is purely Indian is hump-backed, long horned, and sports a large dewlap.
Common sites of injection in birds include the wing web, wattle, dewlap, and interdigitary skin.
Then what sense is there in blistering, bleeding, and inserting setons in the dewlap?
They have a large dewlap or fatty lump on the back of the neck which, among other things, is useful for stopping the yoke from slipping off.
This behaviour is sometimes coordinated with dewlap signaling, in which a male displays a large, colourful throat fan.

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