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Noun: oral cavity  'o-rul 'ka-vu-tee
  1. The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
    "he stuffed his oral cavity with candy";
    - mouth, oral fissure, trap [informal], cakehole [Brit, informal], hole [informal], maw [informal], yap [N. Amer, informal], gob [Brit, informal], kisser [informal]

Derived forms: oral cavities

Type of: rima

Part of: mouth

Encyclopedia: Oral cavity