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fauces

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Noun
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fau=ces

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun fauces has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

faucesn. pl. [L.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.  [1913 Webster]
  •  That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fauces, n.pl. Anat. a cavity at the back of the mouth.

Derivative
faucial adj.
Etymology
L, = throat

ROGET THESAURUS

fauces

Edge

N edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim, flange, side, mouth, jaws, chops, chaps, fauces, lip, muzzle, threshold, door, porch, portal, coast, shore, frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance, gimp, border, marginal, skirting, labial, labiated, marginated.

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