epiglottis
Meaning of epiglottis
noun
A cartilaginous organ in the throat of terrestrial vertebrates covering the glottis when swallowing to prevent food and liquid from entering the trachea, and in Homo sapiens also a speech organ.
Information about epiglottis
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Hyphenation of epiglottis
epiglot-tis
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- epiglottis is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of epiglottis
- Spanish: epiglotis
- French: épiglotte
- Italian: epiglottide
- Portuguese: epiglote
Words that rhyme with epiglottis
Attis, abattis, chapattis, chattis, chupattis, kattis, wattis, abbattis, pettis, spaghettis, Dimittis, bandittis, Blephariglottis, glottis, hypoglottis, manicottis, neoglottis, periglottis, proglottis, pseudoglottis, supraglottis, Tofuttis, tofuttis, tuttis
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