Usually means: Upper section of insect mouthparts.
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  1. epipharynx: Merriam-Webster
  2. epipharynx: Wordnik
  3. epipharynx: Wiktionary
  4. Epipharynx, epipharynx: Dictionary.com
  5. Epipharynx: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. epipharynx: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Epipharynx: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. epipharynx: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Epipharynx: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. epipharynx: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. epipharynx: Medical dictionary

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  1. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (epipharynx)

▸ noun:  (anatomy, rare) The nasopharynx.
▸ noun:  (zoology) A structure that overlaps the mouth in certain insects.

Similar:
rhinopharynx, mesopharynx, pharynx, oronasopharynx, nasopharynx, hypopharynx, upper airway, laryngopharynx, retropharynx, neopharynx, more...

Opposite:
hypopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx

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Similar:
rhinopharynx, mesopharynx, pharynx, oronasopharynx, nasopharynx, hypopharynx, upper airway, laryngopharynx, retropharynx, neopharynx, more...

Opposite:
hypopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx



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