Gular
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡjuːlə/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Gular is an adjective meaning (zoology) A plate or scale in the throat region of the body of a fish or reptile (especially a snake).
Meaning
(zoology) A plate or scale in the throat region of the body of a fish or reptile (especially a snake).
More Meanings
- (India) Synonym of cluster fig (“Ficus racemosa, a species of plant in the family Moraceae; the edible fruit of this plant”).
- (chiefly zoology) Particularly of an animal: of, pertaining to, or located at the gula (“the upper front of the neck next to the chin”) or the throat.
Example Sentences
Iguanæ. [...] Inhabits America, on the gular pouch of the Iguana.
THE SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE. Trionyx ferox. [...] Neck long, smooth, with a gular fold.
Evaporative cooling via the respiratory tract in birds is enhanced by increased movement of the air by panting or by gular flutter.
The Field Woodpecker. P. Campestris. [...] Head, chin, and throat, black; front of neck, yellowish; gular streak black; body beneath, white. America.
Word Forms
- gulars
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sclerite, guttural, gorgeted, girth-galled, gralline, goundy.
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