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Another word for jowl

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Noun
      1. The fleshy part of either side of the face below the eye and between the nose and ear.
      2. Something resembling the cheek in shape or position.
      3. Either of the buttocks.
      1. A fold of loose skin hanging from the neck of certain animals.
      2. A pendulous part similar to this, such as the wattle of a bird.
      3. A fold of loose skin hanging from the neck of a person.
      1. The lower jaw of a vertebrate animal.
      2. Either the upper or lower part of the beak in birds.
      3. Any of various mouth organs of invertebrates used for seizing and biting food, especially either of a pair of such organs in insects and other arthropods.
    See also:

    jaw

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Sentence Examples

  • Karay was a shaggy old dog with a hanging jowl, famous for having tackled a big wolf unaided.

  • They are shorter in the heads and legs, and fuller at the jowl, thicker and more compact in the body.

  • The head is long, light in the jowl, and wide between the eyes, with long thin ears inclined slightly forward and fringed with long fine hair.

  • The head and legs are very short, and the body short, thick and wide; the jowl is heavy, the ears pricked, and the thin skin laden with long silky, wavy, but not curly, hair, whilst the tail is very fine.

  • It has a moderately short head with heavy jowl, a deep, compact carcase, and wide, low and well-developed hind-quarters, with heavy hams. The skin carries an abundance of fine hair.

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