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Maw

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Noun

1. cakehole, gob, hole, maw, trap, yap

informal terms for the mouth

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Maw

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noun
1. 
the mouth, throat, crop, or stomach of an animal, esp of a voracious animal
2. informal
the mouth or stomach of a greedy person

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Maw

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noun
1. 
a.  Archaic
the stomach or its cavity
b. 
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
noun
Dialectal
ma; mama; mother

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Maw

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

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