maws

plural of maw

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for maws
Noun
  • The tests showed that the protusions' material bears a close genetic resemblance to the tooth-growing genes that are typically present in fish mouths.
    Staff Author, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Then, there’s the one about the two Asian guys who are harnessed to a chariot and made to pull it along, like horses, with bits in their mouths, while this other Asian guy, holding the reins, lashes them with a whip.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One of the two animals ended up with part of Hohl's head inside its mouth, with its jaws clamped around his cheek and skull, while the other clamped onto his left ankle.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Near the southern tip of South America, in Argentina, scientists recently discovered a skeleton — including the skull and jaws — of this hypercarnivore, an animal whose diet is at least 70% meat.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Maws.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maws. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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