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Plural of maw

regular plural

The plural of maw is maws.

Forms of maw

Singularmaw /mɔː/
Pluralmaws
Countablecountable and uncountable

Maws in a sentence

  • Thresher maws are subterranean carnivores that spend their entire lives eating or searching for something to eat.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Thresher Maws Codex entry. From the entry spore

Meaning of maw

  1. noun The upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of an animal.
  2. noun The mouth and jaws of a furry.
  3. noun The mouth.

Full definition of maw

Questions about the plural of maw

What is the plural of maw?
The plural of maw is maws.
Is maw countable?
Maw is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: maw (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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