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Answer for the clue "Flappy thing in the throat ", 5 letters:
uvula

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Word definitions for uvula in dictionaries

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n. a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate [also: uvulae (pl)]

Usage examples of uvula.

Usually the disease is located in the upper part of the pharynx, or throat, behind and above the uvula and soft palate, and is thus hidden from view when looking into the throat through the mouth.

It seemed like familiar territory to her now, the furry tongue, the tonsillar pillars, the uvula hanging down in a quivering flap of pink flesh.

With the left hand then insert an instrument, a stilus, by which the uvula is pulled forward, and then remove the end of it by means of a heated knife or some other process of cauterization.

From such trifles as uvulas and tonsils they went on to ovaries and appendices until at last no one's inside was safe.