Gullet

  • 61cytopharynx — An organelle in certain flagellates and ciliates that serves as a gullet through which food material passes from the cytostome to the cell interior; food passed is collected in food vacuoles, into which digestive enzymes are secreted. * * * …

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  • 62Wikiproyecto:Patrimonio de la Humanidad — Patrimonio de la Humanidad …

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  • 63Gully — Rinne; Abfluss; Gosse (umgangssprachlich); Abzugskanal; Entwässerungsgraben; Abflusskanal; Ablasskanal * * * Gụl|ly 〈m. 6 oder n. 15〉 Abzugskanal, Einlaufschacht für Straßenabwässer [engl.] * * * …

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  • 64throat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. neck, gullet, gorge, maw; windpipe; throttle. See opening. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. neck, windpipe, larynx, trachea, esophagus, jugular region, gullet, gorge, jugulum. • cut each other s throats*, Syn …

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  • 65gull — {{11}}gull (n.1) shore bird, early 15c. (in a cook book), probably from Brythonic Celtic, Cf. Welsh gwylan gull, Cornish guilan, Breton goelann; all from O.Celt. *voilenno . Replaced O.E. mæw (see MEW (Cf. mew) (n.1)). {{12}}gull (n.2) cant …

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  • 66stick in (your) throat — stick in (your) gullet/throat informal if a situation or someone s behaviour sticks in your gullet, it annoys you, usually because you think it is wrong. What really sticks in my gullet is the way he treats the women in the office …

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  • 67bherug-, bhrug-, bhorg- —     bherug , bhrug , bhorg     English meaning: throat     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schlund, Luftröhre”     Material: Arm. erbuc “brost, brisket of killed animals “ (*bhrugo ); Gk. φάρυξ, υγος, later (after λάρυγξ) φάρυγξ, υγγος “ windpipe,… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 68gully — ► NOUN (pl. gullies) 1) (also gulley) a water worn ravine. 2) (also gulley) a gutter or drain. 3) Cricket a fielding position on the off side between point and the slips. ORIGIN originally in the sense «gullet»: from French goulet (see GU …

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  • 69stomach — [stum′ək, stum′ik] n. [ME stomak < OFr estomac < L stomachus, gullet, esophagus, stomach < Gr stomachos, throat, gullet < stoma, mouth: see STOMA] 1. a) the large, saclike organ of vertebrates into which food passes from the esophagus …

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  • 70crop — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, craw, head of a plant, yield of a field, from Old English cropp craw, head of a plant; akin to Old High German kropf goiter, craw Date: before 12th century 1. a pouched enlargement of the gullet of many birds… …

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