English Explanatory Dictionary

monkey lips

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An anatomical structure in the heads of certain cetaceans involved in the production of clicks and other sounds.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see monkey, lip.

Word forms

monkey lips monkey lip

Etymology

Compare French museau de singe (literally “monkey’s snout”).

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