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
Moshfegh, in her fourth novel, thrives in the mire, a happy little worm sliding dirt down her gullet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 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
Despite how repellant she found the food, she had to admit that her birdish gullet found it delicious.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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