gullet

as in mouth
the tube that leads from the mouth through the throat to the stomach food traveling down the gullet

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Recent Examples of gullet The majestic bird made Central Park an impromptu restaurant recently, settling in a grassy area to dine on its latest catch, which happened to be the rat stuffed in its gullet. Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024 Eventually, a freaky, spider-like facehugger will hatch from an egg and, true to its name, latch onto a host’s face and force an embryo down their unwilling gullets. Scottie Andrew, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024 Your family of otters may already be half-digested in a crocodile’s gullet, but what about writing a horror movie for kids? Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2024 After days of agony, success is a room of people glancing at Lizzy’s work while stuffing their gullets with cheese. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for gullet

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“Gullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gullet. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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