| Definition:
The partly boney and partly fleshy roof of your mouth.
 (Source: Wikimedia Commons) |
| Etymology: The word means "sail" or "curtain" in Latin. |
| Oxford English Dictionary: The term's first OED citation is from 1382: "Cleuede to the tonge of the soukende to his palet in thrist [ad palatum eius in siti]." (Wyclif Lam. iv. 4) |
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see: soft palate
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