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ˈfɔ sizfauces

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. faucesnoun

    the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx

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  1. fauces

    Fauces is a term used in anatomy referring to the narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, located at the back of the throat. It is also commonly used to refer to the throat itself. In ancient Roman architecture, it refers to the passage from the entrance to the interior of a house.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fauces

    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

  2. Fauces

    the throat of a calyx, corolla, etc

  3. Fauces

    that portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture

  4. Fauces

    of Faux

  5. Etymology: [L.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Fauces

    faw′sēz, n.pl. the upper part of the throat, from the root of the tongue to the entrance of the gullet.—adj. Fau′cal, produced in the fauces, as certain Semitic guttural sounds. [L.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fauces in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fauces in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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