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gullet

noun as in neck

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Once the meal is partially in its mouth, a second set of jaws somewhere in the eel’s throat clamps down on the squid, pulling the food down the fish’s gullet.

The blade of mine has been dulled on the gullet of that old Saracen yonder with the white beard.

From the eastern gullet where he was, he could not see the sloop on account of the sharp turns of the pass.

To prevent the water rushing into its throat as it skims the surface with its beak, the bird is provided with a very small gullet.

The cilia also send particles of food into a funnel-like opening, the gullet, on one side of the cell.

The gullet widens almost at once into a long stomach, which in turn leads into a much coiled intestine.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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