Meaning

2 senses
  1. The cavity of the mouth, especially the part of the mouth behind the gums and teeth that is bounded above by the hard and soft palates and below by the tongue and by the mucous membrane connecting it with the inner part of the mandible.

    Mundhöhle

    ротова́я по́лостьrotovája pólostʹ

    ротова́ порожни́наrotová porožnýna

  2. (rare)The hollow on the lower surface of the head from which the proboscis protrudes.

More definitions
  • the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge

Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
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Forms

plural: oral cavities
Singularoral cavity
Pluraloral cavities

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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