GLOTTIDES

GLOTTIS

glottis

(noun) the vocal apparatus of the larynx; the true vocal folds and the space between them where the voice tone is generated

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

glottides

plural of glottis

Source: Wiktionary


GLOTTIS

Glot"tis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Gloss an explanatory remark.] (Anat.)

Definition: The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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