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Rictus
see synonyms of rictusNoun
1. rictus
a gaping grimace
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Rictus
see synonyms of rictusnoun plural -tus or -tuses
1.
the gap or cleft of an open mouth or beak
2.
a fixed or unnatural grin or grimace, as in horror or death
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Rictus
see synonyms of rictus noun
1.
a sustained gaping, as of a bird's beak or an animal's mouth
2.
the opening so produced
3.
a fixed, gaping grin
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Rictus
see synonyms of rictusn. pl. rictus or ric·tus·es
1. A gaping grimace: "his mouth gaping in a kind of rictus of startled alarm" (Richard Adams).
2.
a. The expanse of an open mouth or a bird's beak.
b. The corner of the mouth or the fleshy area where the upper and lower mandibles of a bird meet.
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