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Noun: pharyngeal consonant
  1. A consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
    "The 'ch' sound in the Scottish word 'loch' is a pharyngeal consonant";
    - guttural, guttural consonant, pharyngeal

Derived forms: pharyngeal consonants

Type of: consonant

Encyclopedia: Pharyngeal consonant