oesophagi

“Their oesophagi have an insensitive coating, allowing them to swallow whole fish.”

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“_stopupagus oesophagi_, took a tool and set to work, producing with no difficulty a cold sausage of the size, figure, and general bearing of a somewhat self-important banana.”

The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales