A crescent-shaped coloured patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.
A piece of armour protecting the throat and/or the upper part of the chest.
A grooved instrument used in performing various operations; called also blunt gorget.
A crescent-shaped ornamental metal plate suspended around the neck from the crescent's points by a length of chain or ribbon. It was used to indicate rank or authority and was worn as part of a full-dress military uniform by officers. It symbolically represented the neck-armor worn by officers in previous centuries.
A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
A type of women's clothing covering the neck and breast; a wimple.
An ornament for the neck; a necklace, ornamental collar, torque etc.
A hake caught in a net set for other fish.
The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates that may be thickened and muscular, eversible and toothed, or adapted as a suctorial organ.
The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.