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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) uvula
the small, fleshy, conical body projecting downward from the middle of the soft palate.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L ūv(a) bunch of grapes)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) uvula
a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) uvula
the pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate

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