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单词 maw
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maw

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[ maw ]
/ mɔ /
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noun

the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, especially a carnivorous mammal.
the crop or craw of a fowl.
the stomach, especially that of an animal.
a cavernous opening that resembles the open jaws of an animal: the gaping maw of hell.
the symbolic or theoretical center of a voracious hunger or appetite of any kind: the ravenous maw of Death.

Origin of maw

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before 900; Middle English mawe,Old English maga; cognate with Dutch maag,German Magen,Old Norse magi

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH maw

mall, maul, maw

Words nearby maw

maverick, mavis, Mavors, mavourneen, mavun, maw, mawger, mawkin, mawkish, Mawlamyine, Mawlid

Definition for maw (2 of 2)

maw2
[ maw ]
/ mɔ /

noun Informal.

mother1.

Origin of maw

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variant of ma
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British Dictionary definitions for maw

maw
/ (mɔː) /

noun

the mouth, throat, crop, or stomach of an animal, esp of a voracious animal
informal the mouth or stomach of a greedy person

Word Origin for maw

Old English maga; related to Middle Dutch maghe, Old Norse magi
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