frill
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- noun
- /frɪl/
- Specialized
:
gola ósea
- Frills of lacy stone edged the opening.
- bony neck frill
- horns and frills
Examples
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Their shapes, made of fine motions of the water, are human shapes, tall, with graceful oblong heads that flatten at the top to a frill.
Fiction book (2002) -
I'm mourning the final passing of the old, no-frills hockey arenas that NVMC was the last of.
Blog text (10) -
It had like a double frill, so I got that again.
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Frill neck lizards never bluff!
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The function of their frills and three distinctive facial horns has long inspired debate.
Blog text (2) -
But she has her feet, which are side by side inside a reptilian frill or scallop or serpent tail, and at these feet are honeycombed beehives.
Fiction book (1994) -
The Triceratops had a large bony frill that extended behind its skull, resembling a shield.
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A recent study focused on the intricate patterns of the frill found in ceratopsian fossils.
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Paleontologists believe the frill of the Styracosaurus served both a protective and display purpose.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Frill comes from the idea of a 'curl' or 'ruffle', like the gathered edge on a piece of clothing. So the bony plate behind a dinosaur's head is called a frill because it looks like a big decorative ruffle or shield.