faucesn.
/ˈfɔːsiːz/, U.S. /ˈfoʊˌsiz/ See also faux n.in extended use.1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village i. 17 E'er he pours into the distant deep, Through the wide fauces of yon hiant cliffs.
1. Anatomy. The cavity at the back of the mouth, from which the larynx and pharynx open out.
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fauces?1541
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Fij Demaunde. Whereof serueth the encla, & the amygdales, and faulses, and where are they sette?
1746 R. James in Moffett & Bennet's Health's Improvem. (new ed.) Introd. 3 The alimentary Mass..is thrust towards the Fauces.
1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 114 Without producing much affection of his salivary glands and fauces.
1878 S. O. Habershon Pathol. Observ. Dis. Abdomen (ed. 3) ii. 33 The anterior fauces are greatly narrowed.
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a. Botany. The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.
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1840 J. Paxton Pocket Bot. Dict. Fauces, the gaping part of monopetalous flowers.
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b. Conchology. That portion of the first chamber of a shell which can be seen from the aperture.
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