gular
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of gular
C19: from Latin gula throat
Example Sentences
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Two discoveries made by the team while conducting fieldwork at Lavernock were the fossilized remains of a placodont osteoderm, and a single coelacanth gular bone.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2024
They are practicing what scientists call gular fluttering — panting.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2016
Steganop′odes, an order of swimming birds, with all four toes webbed and a gular pouch—cormorants, frigate-birds, pelicans, gannets.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
"Speak, First Officer," said the Lyran, his gular pouches throbbing.
From Join Our Gang? by Sterling E. Lanier
They have a large bright orange gular sac, a long, hooked bill, and small slightly webbed feet.
From The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. by Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed
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