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maw

noun as in mouth

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The last thing they’ll see is a spiny, globe-shaped shadow emerging from behind the glowing orb—then they’ll be ensnared in the toothy maw of an anglerfish.

A short stroll from the Grand Canyon’s incredible visitor center is Mather Point, a striking panoramic vista down into the bright red maw of the world’s longest canyon.

One thing the unsettling critter does have in common with the Spanish monster is its terrifying maw.

This is where focusing on fish maw and other high-end ingredients could make lab-grown seafood economically viable faster.

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Several slow, deliberate lunges later, the tortoise’s yawning maw caught the bird, crushing its head.

Privately, they admit they have to provide the data that feed that maw.

The other is that people actually lose skills (even very basic skills) and many of them fall into the maw of depression.

Every time I step onto an airplane, I turn to the right and take a good, hard stare into the maw of the engine.

Having been caught red-handed with a smoking bong firmly pasted to his maw, the long knives are out for the Olympic hero.

Thereafter we were buffeted like chips in the swirling maw of a whirlpool; we fought our way rod by rod.

Just what they expect of my babyAin't clear to his maw; my, oh, my!

So much for the measure of the maw of the circulating library.

"Maw and me done put yo' in a Johnny-cake," she said, an outsider might have thought enigmatically.

A school of flying fish, fleeing from some pursuing maw beneath the surface, skipped from wave to wave.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to maw, such as: craw, crop, gullet, and jaws.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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