gula

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   anatomy and zoology: the upper front of the neck beneath the chin; the throat region

   The lizard expanded the loose skin of the gula during its display.

2. 2
   noun

   entomology: a plate on the underside of an insect's head that supports the submentum

   The taxonomist compared the shape of the gula beneath each beetle's head.

A learned borrowing from Latin gula ("throat, gullet"). Zoology retained the Latin anatomical sense for the region beneath the chin and for a supporting plate on the underside of an insect's head.

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