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Tonsil

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) One of the two glandular organs situated in the throat at the sides of the fauces. The tonsils are sometimes called the almonds, from their shape.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tonsil'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/tonsil.html. 1828.