pharynxes

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• pharynxes — phar·ynx || færɪŋks n. upper part of the throat that connects the mouth and nasal passages with the esophagus (Anatomy) …   English contemporary dictionary

• pharynx — noun (plural pharynges; also pharynxes) Etymology: New Latin pharyng , pharynx, from Greek, throat, pharynx; akin to Old Norse barki throat and probably to Latin ferire to strike more at bore Date: 1677 1. the muscular tubular passage of the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Terricola — Taxobox name = Terricolans |thumb image caption = Geoplana burmeisteri Schultze Mueller, 1857, a typical Geoplanidae from the atlantic rainforests of southern Brazil regnum = Animalia phylum = Platyhelminthes classis = Turbellaria subclassis =… …   Wikipedia

• pharynx — n.; pl. pharynges, pharynxes [Gr. pharynx, gullet] 1. In insects, annelids, arachnids and platyhelminths the anterior part of the foregut, between the mouth and the esophagus. 2. (NEMATA) a. The posterior portion of the stoma (esophastome);… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• pharynx — /far ingks/, n., pl. pharynges /feuh rin jeez/, pharynxes. Anat. the tube or cavity, with its surrounding membrane and muscles, that connects the mouth and nasal passages with the esophagus. See diag. under mouth. [1685 95; < NL < Gk phárynx… …   Universalium

• pharynx — noun plural pharynxes (C) the tube that goes from the back of your mouth to where the separate passages for food and air divide …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pharynx — UK [ˈfærɪŋks] / US [ˈferɪŋks] noun [countable] Word forms pharynx : singular pharynx plural pharynges UK [fəˈrɪndʒiːz] / US [fəˈrɪnˌdʒɪz] or pharynxes medical the part of your throat that leads from your mouth to your oesophagus …   English dictionary

• pharynx — /ˈfærɪŋks / (say faringks) noun (plural pharynxes or pharynges /fəˈrɪndʒiz / (say fuh rinjeez)) the tube or cavity, with its surrounding membrane and muscles, which connects the mouth with the oesophagus. {New Latin, from Greek: throat} …  

• g(i̯)eu-, ĝ(i̯)eu- —     g(i̯)eu , ĝ(i̯)eu     English meaning: to chew     Deutsche Übersetzung: “kauen”     Material: Pers. jüvīdan “chew”, afgh. žōvạ l, žōyạ l ds., “bite, gnaw “ (Iran. *jyav ); Arm. kveni “Pechföhre, Lärche”; O.Ice. tyggja, va “chew” (for… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

• pharynx — [far′iŋks] n. pl. pharynges [fə rin′jēz΄] or pharynxes [ModL < Gr pharynx (gen. pharyngos), throat < IE * bhorg , throat, gullet > L frumen] the muscular and membranous cavity of the alimentary canal leading from the mouth and nasal… …   English World dictionary

• branchial cleft — noun one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes • Syn: ↑gill slit, ↑gill cleft • Hypernyms: ↑structure, ↑anatomical structure, ↑complex body part, ↑bodily structure, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary