gorgelet

English

Noun

gorgelet (plural gorgelets)

1. (zoology) A small gorget of a bird.
   • 1831, John James Audubon, Ornithological Biography, volume 2, The Canada Flycatcher:

     The head mottled with brownish-black; spots of the same colour, descending in a line from the lower mandible to the upper part of the breast, forming an interrupted gorgelet.

2. A small gorge.
   • 2000, Lewis S. Keizer, Eugene E. Whitworth, Astral Man to Cosmic Christ:

     It seemed to be warmer here at nights than farther upriver, probably because of the southern exposure through the nine gorgelets leading to the South rim.

References

• “gorgelet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.