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FAUCES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fauces" is a kind of...):
passage; passageway (a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass)
Derivation:
faucal (of or relating to the fauces)