maw 1
/maw/ , n.
1. the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, esp. a carnivorous mammal.
2. the crop or craw of a fowl.
3. the stomach, esp. that of an animal.
4. a cavernous opening that resembles the open jaws of an animal: the gaping maw of hell.
5. the symbolic or theoretical center of a voracious hunger or appetite of any kind: the ravenous maw of Death.
[ bef. 900; ME mawe, OE maga; c. D maag, G Magen, ON magi ]
maw 2
/maw/ , n. Informal.
mother.
[ var. of MA ]