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maw noun [ mɔː ]

• the jaws or throat of a voracious animal.
• "a gigantic wolfhound with a fearful, gaping maw"
Origin: Old English maga (in the sense ‘stomach’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch maag and German Magen ‘stomach’.

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