fauces

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx
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Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]

2.(Bot.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc. [1913 Webster]

3.(Zool.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture. [1913 Webster]

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