Definition of Isthmos
Isth"mus (?; 277), n.; pl.
Isthmuses (#). [L. isthmus, Gr.
'isqmo`s a neck, a neck of land between two seas, an
isthmus, especially the Isthmus of Corinth; prob. from the root of
'ie`nai to go; cf. Icel. eið isthmus. See
Issue.] (Geog.) 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.
Isthmus of the fauces. (Anat.) See
Fauces.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A narrow strip of land, bordered on two sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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