FAUCES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fauces mean? 

• FAUCES (noun)
  The noun FAUCES has 1 sense:

1. the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx

  Familiarity information: FAUCES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAUCES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("fauces" is a kind of...):

passage; passageway (a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass)

Derivation:

faucal (of or relating to the fauces)