[phar.ynx] n, pl pha.ryn.ges also phar.ynx.es [NL pharyng-, pharynx, fr. Gk, throat, pharynx; akin to ON barki throat and prob. to L ferire to strike--more at bore] (ca. 1693) 1: the part of the vertebrate alimentary canal between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus
2: a differentiated part of the alimentary canal in some invertebrates that may be thickened and muscular, eversible and toothed, or adapted as a suctorial organ