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gul⋅let

  [guhl-it]
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–noun
1. the esophagus.
2. the throat or pharynx.
3. a channel for water.
4. a gully or ravine.
5. a preparatory cut in an excavation.
6. a concavity between two sawteeth, joining them at their bases.
–verb (used with object)
7. to form a concavity at the base of (a sawtooth).
Origin:
1350–1400; ME golet < OF goulet ≪ L gula throat; see -et
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gul·let   (gŭl'ĭt)   
n.  

  1. The esophagus.

  2. The throat.

  3. Zoology An invagination into the cytoplasm of certain ciliates, used for food intake.


[Middle English golet, from Old French goulet, from goule, throat, from Latin gula.]
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Word Origin & History

gullet 
1305, from O.Fr. goulet, dim. of goule "throat, neck," from L. gula "throat," from PIE base *gel- "swallow" (cf. L. gluttire "to gulp down, devour," O.E. ceole "throat," O.C.S. glutu "gullet," O.Ir. gelim "I devour").
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: gul·let
Pronunciation: 'g&l-&t
Function: noun
1 : ESOPHAGUS; broadly : THROAT
2 : an invagination of the protoplasm invarious protozoans (as a paramecium) that sometimes functions in the intake of food
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Medical Dictionary

gullet gul·let (gŭl'ĭt)
n.

  1. The esophagus.

  2. The throat.

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