GULLET


Meaning of GULLET in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈgə-lət ]

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 sometimes functions in the intake of food

3. : the space between the tips of adjacent saw teeth

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