Fauces

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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     2. (Bot.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.
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     3. (Zool.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell
        which can be seen by looking into the aperture.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  faux \faux\ (f[add]ks), n.; pl. {fauces} (f[add]"s[=e]z). [L.]
     See {Fauces}.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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