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faucal

faucal adjective: relating to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial.

Adjective

faucal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial.

Noun

faucal (plural faucals)

  1. A sound produced in the fauces.
    • Ayin is the most difficult of the faucals.1883, Isaac Taylor, The Alphabet

Forms of faucal

Adjective
alternative formfaucial
Noun
pluralfaucals

Origin of faucal

Latin fauces (“throat”).

Questions about faucal

What does faucal mean?
Faucal means relating to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial.
What part of speech is faucal?
Faucal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near faucal in the dictionary

  1. Fauberts
  2. Faubion
  3. Faubions
  4. faubourg
  5. faubourgs
  6. faucal
  7. faucalization
  8. faucalize
  9. faucalized
  10. faucally
  11. faucals

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