Formal term for gullets (9)

I believe the answer is:

oesophagi

(Other definitions for oesophagi that I've seen before include "parts of canals" , "pipes" , "inner tubes" , "What act as channels" , "Crops" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.

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