(n) a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx), Syn. Luschka's tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis, adenoid, third tonsil, Example:hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids; enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children
n. (Anat.) A pharyngeal bone or cartilage; especially, one of the lower pharyngeals, which belong to the rudimentary fifth branchial arch in many fishes, or one of the upper pharyngeals, or pharyngobranchials, which are the dorsal elements in the complete branchial arches. [ 1913 Webster ]
[カワスズメか, kawasuzume ka] (n) Cichlidae (family of over 1, 300 identified Cichlid fishes in the order Perciformes exhibiting fusion of the lower pharyngeal bones into a single tooth-bearing structure)
[シクリッドか, shikuriddo ka] (n) Cichlidae (family of over 1, 300 identified Cichlid fishes in the order Perciformes exhibiting fusion of the lower pharyngeal bones into a single tooth-bearing structure)