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Pharyngeal

noun

A consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat. Synonyms: guttural, guttural consonant, pharyngeal consonant.

adjective

Of or relating to the throat.

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... and square hold, while the lower jaw seems to act as a fulcrum when the leverage is applied. But the exterior jaws and teeth are devoid of interest, compared with the interior set, which form an ideal pulverising apparatus. To those who are versed in ichthyology, these are known as pharyngeal teeth, because they are connected with the pharynx. Such teeth are present in some form or other in all true fish, but usually in a degraded form. In the rainbow and parrot fish they are highly specialised, otherwise the pulverisation of the hard ...

— The Confessions of a Beachcomber • E J Banfield

... divergencies in the form and structure of the nasal, pharyngeal and throat cavities, and possibly the composition of the vocal bands, modifies, in numberless ways, the character of tone in speech or song. It is a fascinating topic, but must be dismissed here with the remark that, as those anatomical ...

— The Child-Voice in Singing • Francis E. Howard