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maw1 definition

maw (mô)

noun

    1. Archaic the stomach or its cavity
    2. the stomach of an animal; specif., the fourth stomach of a cud-chewing animal
  2. the throat, gullet, jaws, or oral cavity of a voracious animal
  3. anything thought of as consuming, devouring, etc. without end

Etymology: ME mawe < OE maga, akin to Ger magen, stomach < IE base *mak-, skin, bag > Welsh megin, bellows

maw2 definition

maw (mô)

noun

Dialectal ma; mama; mother

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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