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Noun

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Noun
1

a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech

2

A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, because it houses the vocal cords, sound production.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
cartilaginous structure speech organ
Rhyming Words
jynx lynx blynx sphynx pharynx red lynx oropharynx hypolarynx endolarynx epipharynx genus lynx hypopharynx nasopharynx desert lynx common lynx mesopharynx cytopharynx canada lynx retropharynx buccopharynx
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