Epiglottis

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 141

ep-Y-gloftis, re. (Anat.) A valve of carstta, cube, full; moon, fdot; cow, oil 9 tilage at the base of the tongue, which closes the glottis and excludes food or drink from the larynx while eating.