gullet
81gorge — gorge1 gorgeable, adj. gorgedly /gawr jid lee/, adv. gorger, n. /gawrj/, n., v., gorged, gorging. n. 1. a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, esp. one through which a stream runs. 2. a small canyon. 3 …
82gula — gular, adj. /gyooh leuh, gooh /, n., pl. gulae / lee/, gulas. 1. Zool. a. the upper part of the throat or gullet. b. the front or forward part of the neck. 2. Archit. a. a molding having a large hollow, as a cavetto. b. ogee ( …
83paramecium — /par euh mee shee euhm, sheuhm, see euhm/, n., pl. paramecia / shee euh, see euh/. any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove. [1745 55; < NL < Gk paramék(es) oblong, oval + NL ium… …
84pelican — /pel i keuhn/, n. 1. any of several large, totipalmate, fish eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch. 2. a still or retort with two tubes that leave the body from the neck, curve in opposite directions …
85weasand — /wee zeuhnd/, n. Archaic. 1. throat. 2. esophagus; gullet. 3. trachea; windpipe. [bef. 1000; ME wesand, OE waesend, var. of wasend gullet; c. OFris wasande windpipe] * * * …
86perciform — ▪ fish order Introduction any member of the order Perciformes, a group of bony fishes with more than 6,000 species placed in about 150 families. The order is the largest group of fishes in the world today. Perciform fishes occur in… …
87throat — noun /ˈθɹəʊt,ˈθɹoʊt/ a) The front part of the neck. The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat. b) The gullet or windpipe. As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat. Syn: esophagus, gullet …
88Pharynx — The hollow tube about 5 inches long that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the trachea (windpipe) and esophagus (the tube that goes to the stomach). * * * The upper expanded portion of the digestive tube, between the esophagus below… …
89oesophagus — n. the gullet: a muscular tube, about 23 cm long, that extends from the pharynx to the stomach. It is lined with mucous membrane, whose secretions lubricate food as it passes from the mouth to the stomach. Waves of peristalsis assist the passage… …
90esophagus — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. jugular region, gullet, gorge; see throat . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. gullet, food tube, throat …
