gullet

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Since the flare from J2245+3743 is still visible, astronomers believe the black hole is in mid-meal, "like a fish only halfway down the whale's gullet," Graham says.

From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2025

Using prompts and magic tricks and graceful physical comedy, he makes an enormous amount of food appear and then disappear, seemingly down his own gullet, as in the Monty Python skit.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2022

Moshfegh, in her fourth novel, thrives in the mire, a happy little worm sliding dirt down her gullet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2022

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

The maids, cooks, assistant cooks, and pastry chef had all made themselves scarce, which meant there was no food to be had, and Gherland’s gullet was quite empty.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill