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maw-guts

maw-guts is the plural of maw-gut.

Meaning of maw-gut

Noun

maw-gut (plural maw-guts)

  1. (obsolete) The duodenum.
    • Pylorus, the Keeper of a Gate, a Porter. In Anatomy, the lower Orifice or Mouth of the Stomach, by which the Meat is let into the Entrails, the Maw-gut : It is alſo call’d Janitor in Latin.1720: Edward Phillips (author) and John Kerſey (editor), The New World of Words : or, Univerſal Engliſh Dictionary, PU–PY (7th edition)

Questions about maw-guts

What is maw-guts the plural of?
Maw-guts is the plural of maw-gut.

Words near maw-guts in the dictionary

  1. maw shot
  2. maw shots
  3. maw worm
  4. maw worms
  5. maw-gut
  6. maw-guts
  7. maw-worm
  8. maw-worms
  9. mawa
  10. Mawal
  11. Mawan

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