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UVULA
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Irregular inflected form: uvulae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("uvula" is a kind of...):
flap (a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body)
Holonyms ("uvula" is a part of...):
soft palate; velum (a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking)
Derivation:
uvular (of or relating to or associated with the uvula)
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