OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 13577

maw

/mɔː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
estómago
The stomach, especially of an animal.
So Death shall be deceav'd his glut, and with us two / Be forc'd to satisfie his Rav'nous Maw.
fauces
The upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a fearsome and ravenous creature; craw.
To save poor lambkins from the eagle's maw
“I saw the opening maw of hell, With endless pains and sorrows there; Which none but they that feel can tell— Oh, I was plunging to despair.
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