gullet

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Since the flare from J2245+3743 is still visible, astronomers believe the black hole is in mid-meal, "like a fish only halfway down the whale's gullet," Graham says.

From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2025

Visitors slid down the pole in “The Fire Cat,” slithered into the gullet of the boa constrictor in “Where the Sidewalk Ends” and lounged in a faux bubble bath in “Harry the Dirty Dog.”

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024

The birds swallowed the franks whole, straight down the gullet.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2022

Unlike other birds, the male bittern does not use its voice box but muscles around his windpipe to expand his entire gullet into an echo chamber.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2022

Plots within plots, but all roads lead down the dragon s gullet.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin