gular

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Two discoveries made by the team while conducting fieldwork at Lavernock were the fossilized remains of a placodont osteoderm, and a single coelacanth gular bone.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2024

They are practicing what scientists call gular fluttering — panting.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2016

These have 97 to 102 dorsal granules at midbody and lack the blue gular band or spot characteristic of the subspecies in the Tepalcatepec Valley.

From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.

But one of the most singular properties of the bird is the presence in some of the fully-grown males of a pouch or gular sac, opening under the tongue.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

They have a large bright orange gular sac, a long, hooked bill, and small slightly webbed feet.

From The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. by Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert)