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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fauces \Fau"ces\, n.pl. [L.] 1. (Anat.) 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. (Bot.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc 3. (Zo["o]l.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Faux \Faux\, n.; pl {Fauces}. [L.] See {Fauces}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fauces n : the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx
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