Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fauces"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fauces \Fau"ces\, n.pl. [L.]
1. (Anat.) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx,
situated between the soft palate and the base of the
tongue; -- called also the {isthmus of the fauces}. On
either side of the passage two membranous folds, called
the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils.

2. (Bot.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.

3. (Zo["o]l.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell
which can be seen by looking into the aperture.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Faux \Faux\, n.; pl. {Fauces}. [L.]
See {Fauces}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

fauces
n : the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx


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