Usually means: Jaws or throat of animal.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word maw:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. maw: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. maw: Merriam-Webster
  3. maw: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. maw: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. maw: Collins English Dictionary
  6. maw: Vocabulary.com
  7. Maw, maw: Wordnik
  8. maw: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. MAW, Maw, maw: Wiktionary
  10. maw: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. maw: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. maw: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Maw, maw: Dictionary.com
  14. maw: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Maw (state), Maw, The Maw (video game): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Maw: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. maw: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. maw: Rhymezone
  19. Maw: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. maw: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. MAW, m.a.W: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. maw: FreeDictionary.org
  23. maw: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. maw: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. maw: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. MAW: Acronym Finder
  2. maw: A Word A Day
  3. MAW: Three Letter Words with definitions
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. MAW: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. maw: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. M.A.W, The Maw, m.a.w, maw: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Maw: Card Games

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. MAW: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  2. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (archaic) The stomach, especially of an animal.
noun:  The upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a fearsome and ravenous creature; craw.
noun:  (slang, derogatory) The mouth.
noun:  Any large, insatiable or perilous opening.
noun:  Appetite; inclination.
noun:  The swim bladder of a fish, especially when used as food in Chinese cuisine.
noun:  (dialect, colloquial) Mother.
noun:  A gull.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  (informal, derogatory) Initialism of model, actress, whatever: a young woman without much talent who attains celebrity through physical attractiveness. [A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.]

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