noun, plural isth·mus·es, isth·mi [is-mahy] /ˈɪs maɪ/.
a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land.
Anatomy, Zoology. a connecting, usually narrow, part, organ, or passage, especially when joining structures or cavities larger than itself.
Ichthyology. the narrow fleshy area between the sides of the lower jaw of a fish.
Is it really possible that we were once so wrapped around that isthmus?
The only thing it rhymes with is isthmus, and that but loosely.
It's a flesh-and-blood tie, a permanent junction, an isthmus, what?
Probably few spots on earth have had less incentive to develop hardy and enterprising character than the Isthmus of Panama.
He had followed the Rio Tuyra, zigzagged across the Isthmus, and reached the northern coast.
Apparently, therefore, we cannot assume a passage across the Isthmus of Suez within the lifetime of the present genera.
The whole of Acadia on both sides of the isthmus thus passed into English hands.
1550s, from Latin isthmus, from Greek isthmos "narrow passage, narrow neck of land," especially that of Corinth, of unknown origin, perhaps from eimi "to go" + suffix -thmo (cf. ithma "a step, movement").
A constriction or narrow passage connecting two larger parts of an organ or other anatomical structure.
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses of land.
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger bodies of land and has water on both sides.