Defn: A suburb of French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.
FAUCAL
Fau"cal, a. Etym: [L. fauces throat.]
Defn: Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial; esp., (Phon.) produced in the fauces, as certain deep guttural sounds found in the Semitic and some other languages. Ayin is the most difficult of the faucals. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
FAUCES
Fau"ces, n.pl. Etym: [L.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; — called also the isthmus of the fauces. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.