different between dewlap vs zebu

English

Etymology

Dew, of unknown meaning and origin, + Old English læppa (“a loose hanging piece”)

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Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?du.læp/, /?dju.læp/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?dju?.læp/

Noun

dewlap (plural dewlaps)

1. The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, or a similar feature on any other animal.
   • 1901 – 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles

     Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame.

2. The sagging flesh on the human throat of an old person.
   • 2017, Bernard MacLaverty, novel, 'Midwinter Break', Chapter 2, at p.36:

     He ended up looking at himself in the mirror. His image stared back at him. He was developing a dewlap - a definite dewlap. He waggled under his chin scornfully with his fingers.

Coordinate terms

• dewclaw - same first root element, "dew"

Translations

Anagrams

• pawled

English

Etymology

From French zébu, from Tibetan (perhaps ?????? (mdzo po, “male bull-yak hybrid”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?zi?.bu?/, /?zi?.bju?/, /?z?.bu?/, /?z?.bju?/, /?ze?.bu?/, /?ze?.bju?/

Noun

zebu (plural zebus)

1. A domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa, having a large fleshy hump on its back and a dewlap (Bos primigenius indicus).

Synonyms

• Indian ox

Translations

See also

• Appendix:List of sequence animal genomes/October 2014

Further reading

• zebu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bos indicus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bos taurus indicus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Japanese

Romanization

zebu

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

zebu m (definite singular zebuen, indefinite plural zebuer, definite plural zebuene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by sebu

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?z?.bu/

Noun

zebu n

1. zebu

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French zébu, from Tibetan.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ze.?bu/

Noun

zebu m (plural zebus)

1. zebu (domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa)

Romanian

Etymology

From French zébu.

Noun

zebu m (uncountable)

1. zebu

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

zebu (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. accusative singular of zeba