Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Wonderful Word Wednesday: Maw




It's Wonderful Word Wednesday again! Here's this week's word! 

maw
noun
1.) the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, especially a carnivorous mammal.
2.) the crop or craw of a fowl.
3.) the stomach, especially that of an animal.
4.) a cavernous opening that resembles the open jaws of an animal.
5.) the symbolic or theoretical center of a voracious hunger or appetite of an kind: the ravenous maw of Death.

Example Sentence: The rust-colored werewolf opened its maw lined with half natural and half metal teeth.


Have you seen this word before? What do you think of it?

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