Isthmus /(?; 277)/

Isth·mus

Isthmus

n.

pl. Isthmuses

  1. A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc. (Geog.)

Phrases & Compounds
Isthmus of the fauces
See Fauces.