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Meaning of gular | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
ˈɡjuːlə

Definitions

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.

not-comparable

Examples

“Iguanæ. [...] Inhabits America, on the gular pouch of the Iguana.”
“The back of the guana is very strongly serrated; and this, together with the gular pouch, which it has the power of extending or inflating occasionally to a great degree, gives a formidable appearance to an animal otherwise harmless.”
“The Field Woodpecker. P. Campestris. [...] Head, chin, and throat, black; front of neck, yellowish; gular streak black; body beneath, white. America.”
“THE SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE. Trionyx ferox. [...] Neck long, smooth, with a gular fold.”
“Cyclanosteus senegalensis. [...] The five gular callosities are very similar in disposition; but they vary greatly in form and size, compared with each other, in the different speciments of this species.”
“Evaporative cooling via the respiratory tract in birds is enhanced by increased movement of the air by panting or by gular flutter.”
“Ladyfishes are elongate, slender, and robust, with a terminal mouth and a deeply forked caudal fin. [...] Gular plate, located between limbs of lower jaw, is well developed.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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