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    UVULA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: uvulae  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palateplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("uvula" is a kind of...):

    flap (a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body)

    Holonyms ("uvula" is a part of...):

    soft palate; velum (a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking)

    Derivation:

    uvular (of or relating to or associated with the uvula)

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