Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pharynx \Phar"ynx\, n.; pl. {pharynges}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?: cf.
   F. pharynx.] (Anat.)
   The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of the
   mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings
   through the nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral
   branchial openings in fishes and some amphibias.

Source : WordNet®

pharynx
     n : the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of
         the neck below the chin and above the collarbone [syn: {throat}]
     [also: {pharynges} (pl)]

pharynges
     See {pharynx}