Fauces Definition

fôsēz

noun

The passage from the back of the mouth to the pharynx, bounded by the soft palate, the base of the tongue, and the palatine arches.

American Heritage Medicine

The passage leading from the back of the mouth into the pharynx.

Webster's New World

(botany) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.

Wiktionary

(zoology) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.

Wiktionary

Origin of Fauces

Middle English from Latin faucēs

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin.

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