maw

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the jaws or gullet of a voracious animal; a devouring opening

   The waves dragged the boat toward the dark maw of the cave.

From Old English maga ('stomach'), from Proto-Germanic *magô ('stomach, belly'). Now chiefly the jaws or gullet of a voracious animal, or a yawning devouring opening.

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