This week’s theme
Words for body parts

This week’s words
hallux
pinna
canthus
uvula
gnathion

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(YOO-vyuh-luh)

MEANING:

noun: The small, fleshy mass that hangs in the back of the mouth, above the throat.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin uvula, diminutive of uva (grape). Earliest documented use: 1400.

USAGE:

“An hour later, I was swallowed up by an ocean leviathan, and could only escape by ramming against its uvula.”
Luke Winkie; Goat Simulator 3 Review; The Guardian (London, UK); Dec 20, 2022.

See more usage examples of uvula in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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