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Fauces

noun
1.
The passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx.





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"Fauces" Quotes from Famous Books



... force the metal, Bites in twain the softer iron, Cannot bite the steel asunder, Opens wide his mouth in anguish. Wainamoinen of Wainola, In his iron-shoes and armor, Careless walking, headlong stumbles In the spacious mouth and fauces Of the magic bard, Wipunen. Wise Wipunen, full of song-charms, Opens wide his mouth and swallows Wainamoinen and his magic, Shoes, and staff, and iron armor. Then outspeaks the wise Wipunen: "Many things before I've eaten, Dined on goat, and sheep, and reindeer, Bear, and ...
— The Kalevala (complete) • John Martin Crawford, trans.


Words linked to "Fauces" :   faucal, passageway, passage


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