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noun

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

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

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Dialectal ma; mama; mother

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noun

The mouth, stomach, jaws, or gullet of a voracious animal, especially a carnivore.
The opening into something felt to be insatiable: “I saw the opening maw of hell” (Herman Melville).

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Origin: Middle English mawe

Origin: , from Old English maga

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