[faw-kuh
l] 
| 1. | pertaining to the fauces or opening of the throat. |
| 2. | Phonetics.
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| fau·cal (fô'kəl) adj. Botany Relating to the throat of a corolla with fused petals. [From Latin faux, fauc-, throat.] |
| fau·ces (fô'sēz') pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The passage from the back of the mouth to the pharynx, bounded by the soft palate, the base of the tongue, and the palatine arches. [Middle English, from Latin faucēs.] fau'cal (-kəl), fau'cial (-shəl) adj. |