þrotu

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þrotu, f.n: the throat. (THROT-uh / ˈθrɔ-tʌ)

Medieval manuscript image of a creature that resembles a bizarre horse but with a somewhat flattened snout and a huge toothless mouth that stretches ear to ear and a long neck.
Leucrota from the Ashmole Bestiary; England (Peterborough?), early 13th century; Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 1511, f. 22r. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

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