fauces

noun /fɔː.siːz/

1. The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue.

2. The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.

3. That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.

   There are two orange-coloured spots at the fauces of that Cypræa Isabella, whence its name, orange-tip.

Where it comes from

Borrowing from Latin faucēs (“the upper part of a throat”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry fauces (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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