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fau·ces  audio  (fôsz) KEY 

pl.n.
(used with a sing. or pl. verb)
The passage from the back of the mouth to the pharynx, bounded by the soft palate, the base of the tongue, and the palatine arches.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Latin faucs

OTHER FORMS:
faucal  (-kl) KEY  or faucial  (-shl) KEY (Adjective)


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