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maws

noun

plural of maw

as in mouths

literary the mouth, jaws, or throat of an animal the gaping maw of the tiger

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Recent Examples of maws At Brooks Falls, visitors watch from elevated platforms as the bruins barrel through the shallows in pursuit of silvery fish or stake out prime positions on the lip of the falls, waiting for salmon to vault from the water into their gaping maws. — Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026 Their lips, jaws, and the interior of their maws are—in terms of rigidity—akin to a ceramic dinner plate. — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026 Feeding black holes also usually emit copious ultraviolet radiation from the white-hot disks of material that pile up around their insatiable maws. — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2026

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Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s ongoing satirical series at first appalled many viewers with its resolute political incorrectness and penchant for four-letter words from the mouths of babes, and that was nowhere more evident than in Cartman himself.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026
Young children explore the world by touching, tasting and putting things in their mouths.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

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The whole thing is a mess—and frankly an example of OpenAI managing to steal a public relations defeat from the jaws of victory.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Unlike the sea otters in California’s coastal waters, which can weigh up to 70 pounds, river otters tip the scales at a maximum of about 25 pounds, but have very strong jaws and claws, Isadore said.

— Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026

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