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fauces

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FAUCES

Fau "ces, n.pl. Etym: [L.]

1. (Anat. )

Defn: 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. )

Defn: The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.

New American Oxford Dictionary

fauces

fau ces |ˈfōˌsēz ˈfoʊsiz | ▶plural noun Anatomy the arched opening at the back of the mouth leading to the pharynx. DERIVATIVES fau cial |ˈfôSHəl |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin, ‘throat. ’

Oxford Dictionary

fauces

fauces |ˈfɔːsiːz | ▶plural noun Anatomy the arched opening at the back of the mouth leading to the pharynx. DERIVATIVES faucial |ˈfɔːʃ (ə )l |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin, ‘throat ’.

Spanish Dictionary

fauces

fauces nombre femenino plural 1 Parte posterior de la boca de los mamíferos .2 formal Boca de una persona o un animal :el domador introduce la cabeza en las fauces bien abiertas del león; (fig ) no le fue difícil sortear la insidiosa trampa de los lucios taponados de verdín o los mantos de arena que encubren las fauces de cieno de los caños .