rictus
noun
- a sustained gaping, as of a bird's beak or an animal's mouth
- the opening so produced
- a fixed, gaping grin
See rictus in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(rĭkˈtəs)
noun pl. rictus rictus or
ric·tus·es - The expanse of an open mouth, a bird's beak, or similar structure.
- A gaping grimace: “his mouth gaping in a kind of rictus of startled alarm” (Richard Adams).
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