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pharynx
(encz) | pharynx,farynx n: [med.] Zdeněk Brož |
pharynx
(encz) | pharynx,hltan n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pharynx
(gcide) | Pharynx \Phar"ynx\, n.; pl. pharynges. [NL., fr. Gr. fa`rygx,
fa`ryggos: cf. F. pharynx.] (Anat.)
The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of the
mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings
through the nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral
branchial openings in fishes and some amphibias.
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pharynx
(wn) | pharynx
n 1: the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of
the neck below the chin and above the collarbone [syn:
throat, pharynx] |
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laryngopharynx
(encz) | laryngopharynx, n: |
nasopharynx
(encz) | nasopharynx,nosohltan n: Zdeněk Brož |
oropharynx
(encz) | oropharynx, n: |
pharynx
(encz) | pharynx,farynx n: [med.] Zdeněk Brožpharynx,hltan n: Zdeněk Brož |
Epipharynx
(gcide) | Epipharynx \Ep`i*phar"ynx\, n. [Epi- + pharynx.] (Zo["o]l.)
A structure which overlaps the mouth of certain insects.
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Eurypharynx pelecanoides
(gcide) | Pelican \Pel"i*can\ (p[e^]l"[i^]*kan), n. [F. p['e]lican, L.
pelicanus, pelecanus, Gr. peleka`n, peleka^s, pele`kanos, the
woodpecker, and also a water bird of the pelican kind, fr.
peleka^n to hew with an ax, fr. pe`lekys an ax, akin to Skr.
para[,c]u.] [Written also pelecan.]
1. (Zool.) Any large webfooted bird of the genus Pelecanus,
of which about a dozen species are known. They have an
enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a
pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored.
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Note: The American white pelican ({Pelecanus
erythrorhynchos}) and the brown species ({Pelecanus
fuscus}) are abundant on the Florida coast in winter,
but breed about the lakes in the Rocky Mountains and
British America.
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2. (Old Chem.) A retort or still having a curved tube or
tubes leading back from the head to the body for
continuous condensation and redistillation.
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Note: The principle is still employed in certain modern forms
of distilling apparatus.
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Frigate pelican (Zool.), the frigate bird. See under
Frigate.
Pelican fish (Zool.), deep-sea fish ({Eurypharynx
pelecanoides}) of the order Lyomeri, remarkable for the
enormous development of the jaws, which support a large
gular pouch.
Pelican flower (Bot.), the very large and curiously shaped
blossom of a climbing plant (Aristolochia grandiflora)
of the West Indies; also, the plant itself.
Pelican ibis (Zool.), a large Asiatic wood ibis ({Tantalus
leucocephalus}). The head and throat are destitute of
feathers; the plumage is white, with the quills and the
tail greenish black.
Pelican in her piety (in heraldry and symbolical art), a
representation of a pelican in the act of wounding her
breast in order to nourish her young with her blood; -- a
practice fabulously attributed to the bird, on account of
which it was adopted as a symbol of the Redeemer, and of
charity.
Pelican's foot (Zool.), a marine gastropod shell of the
genus Aporrhais, esp. Aporrhais pes-pelicani of
Europe.
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Hypopharynx
(gcide) | Hypopharynx \Hy`po*phar"ynx\, n. [NL. See Hypo-, and
Pharynx.] (Zool.)
An appendage or fold on the lower side of the pharynx, in
certain insects.
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Saccopharynx ampullaceus
(gcide) | Bottle \Bot"tle\, n. [OE. bote, botelle, OF. botel, bouteille,
F. bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta,
flask. Cf. Butt a cask.]
1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but
formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for
holding liquids.
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2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains;
as, to drink a bottle of wine.
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3. Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in
the bottle.
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Note: Bottle is much used adjectively, or as the first part
of a compound.
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Bottle ale, bottled ale. [Obs.] --Shak.
Bottle brush, a cylindrical brush for cleansing the
interior of bottles.
Bottle fish (Zool.), a kind of deep-sea eel ({Saccopharynx
ampullaceus}), remarkable for its baglike gullet, which
enables it to swallow fishes two or three times its won
size.
Bottle flower. (Bot.) Same as Bluebottle.
Bottle glass, a coarse, green glass, used in the
manufacture of bottles. --Ure.
Bottle gourd (Bot.), the common gourd or calabash
(Lagenaria Vulgaris), whose shell is used for bottles,
dippers, etc.
Bottle grass (Bot.), a nutritious fodder grass ({Setaria
glauca} and Setaria viridis); -- called also foxtail,
and green foxtail.
Bottle tit (Zool.), the European long-tailed titmouse; --
so called from the shape of its nest.
Bottle tree (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Sterculia
rupestris}), with a bottle-shaped, or greatly swollen,
trunk.
Feeding bottle, Nursing bottle, a bottle with a rubber
nipple (generally with an intervening tube), used in
feeding infants.
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laryngopharynx
(wn) | laryngopharynx
n 1: the lower part of the pharynx |
nasopharynx
(wn) | nasopharynx
n 1: cavity forming the upper part of the pharynx |
oropharynx
(wn) | oropharynx
n 1: cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth |
pharynx
(wn) | pharynx
n 1: the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of
the neck below the chin and above the collarbone [syn:
throat, pharynx] |
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