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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The section of the alimentary canal that extends from the mouth and nasal cavities to the larynx, where it becomes continuous with the esophagus.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A museulo-membranous pouch situated at the back of the nasal cavities, mouth, and larynx, and extending from the base of the skull to the cricoid cartilage. It is continuous below with the esophagus, and communicates above with the nasal passages, Eustachian tubes, mouth, and larynx. It may be conveniently considered to be divided into the pharyngonasal, pharyngooral, and pharyngolaryngeal cavities. The pharynx has also been divided into two parts, called nasopharynx and oropharynx. See cuts under Branchiotma, mouth, and lamprey.
  2. n. In invertebrates, some tubular or infundibuliform beginning of the alimentary canal or continuation of the oral aperture A structure to which the name applies is very commonly found in invertebrates, even among those of microscopic size, as rotifers and infusorians. See cut under Oxyuris, Appendicularia, and Arctisca.

Wiktionary

  1. n. anatomy The part of the alimentary canal that extends from the mouth and nasal cavities to the larynx, where it becomes continuous with the esophagus.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (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.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone

Etymologies

  1. From New Latin pharynx, from Ancient Greek φάρυγξ (pharunks, "pharynx"). (Wiktionary)
  2. New Latin pharynx, pharyng-, from Greek pharunx. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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