fauces

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fauces - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

fauces - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fauces
      n 1: the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx