Gullet

  • 11gullet worm — noun : a nematode worm infesting the gullet; especially : any of various worms (as Gongylonema pulchrum or Syngamus laryngeus) that invade the epithelial lining of the esophagus of ruminants …

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  • 12gullet — noun Etymology: Middle English golet, from Anglo French, diminutive of gule throat, from Latin gula more at glutton Date: 14th century 1. esophagus; broadly throat 2. an invagination of the protoplasm in various protozoans (as a paramecium) that… …

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  • 13gullet — 1) the oesophagus, but used in a general sense by anglers for the upper digestive system of fish where the hook impales 2) a narrow channel in a river, either natural or constructed, used for catching fish …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 14gullet — /gul it/, n. 1. the esophagus. 2. the throat or pharynx. 3. a channel for water. 4. a gully or ravine. 5. a preparatory cut in an excavation. 6. a concavity between two sawteeth, joining them at their bases. v.t. 7. to form a concavity at the… …

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  • 15gullet — noun /ˈɡʌl.ɪt,ˈɡʌl.ət/ a) The throat or esophagus. b) The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested. Syn: gorge, cytopharynx …

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  • 16gullet — SYN: throat (1). [L. gula, throat] * * * gul·let gəl ət n 1) ESOPHAGUS broadly THROAT 2) an invagination of the protoplasm in various protozoans (as a paramecium) that sometimes functions in the intake of food * * * n. see …

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  • 17gullet — Synonyms and related words: abdomen, abomasum, bay window, beerbelly, belly, breadbasket, craw, crop, diaphragm, embonpoint, esophagus, fauces, first stomach, gizzard, goozle, gorge, gut, guzzle, hals, honeycomb stomach, kishkes, manyplies, maw,… …

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  • 18gullet — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. neck, gorge, craw, maw; see throat …

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  • 19gullet — gul|let [ˈgʌlıt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: goulet, from goule throat , from Latin gula] the tube at the back of your mouth through which food goes down your throat …

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  • 20gullet — gul|let [ gʌlət ] noun count INFORMAL the ESOPHAGUS …

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