Usually means: Flaps preventing food entering airway.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word epiglottides:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. epiglottides: Merriam-Webster
  2. epiglottides: Collins English Dictionary
  3. epiglottides: Wordnik
  4. epiglottides: Wiktionary
  5. epiglottides: Dictionary.com
  6. epiglottides: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. epiglottides: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See epiglottis as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (epiglottis)

noun:  (anatomy) 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.
▸ Also see epiglottis


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