Main Entry:

gul·let

Pronunciation:

\ˈgə-lət\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English golet, from Anglo-French, diminutive of gule throat, from Latin gula — more at glutton

Date:

14th century

1: esophagus ; broadly : throat2: an invagination of the protoplasm in various protozoans (as a paramecium) that sometimes functions in the intake of food3: the space between the tips of adjacent saw teeth