gullet
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The whale’s gullet is flickeringly lit by a bioluminescent jellyfish that Jay sort of befriends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Mobula rays feed by swimming open-mouthed through plankton-rich regions of the ocean and filtering plankton particles into their gullet as water streams into their mouths and out through their gills.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
Unlike other birds, the male bittern does not use its voice box but muscles around his windpipe to expand his entire gullet into an echo chamber.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2022
As in every country where McDonald’s opens restaurants, the chain didn’t just shove its Western offerings down Russia’s gullet.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2022
Then it worked its head up and down, forcing the sticky mass down its gullet.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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