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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
pharyngeal
    adj 1: of or relating to the throat; "pharyngeal fricatives"
    n 1: a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
         [syn: guttural, guttural consonant, pharyngeal,
         pharyngeal consonant]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pharyngeal \Phar`yn*ge"al\, a. [See Pharynx.] (Anat.)
   Of or pertaining to the pharynx; in the region of the
   pharynx.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pharyngeal \Phar`yn*ge"al\, n. (Anat.)
   A pharyngeal bone or cartilage; especially, one of the lower
   pharyngeals, which belong to the rudimentary fifth branchial
   arch in many fishes, or one of the upper pharyngeals, or
   pharyngobranchials, which are the dorsal elements in the
   complete branchial arches.
   [1913 Webster]

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