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
DESCRIPTION.—The gular sac is absent in both sexes; ears larger than in any others of the sub-genus; the muzzle, from the corners of the eyes downwards, naked.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage
The Bustard, huge Rasor, with gular pouch long, With legs formed for running, and beak that is strong, Whose presence this island regards now as rare.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 576, November 17, 1832 by Various
It is not provided, like so many other tropical lizards, with a gular sac or throat-pouch, capable of inflation when in a state of high excitement.
From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir
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