maw

n.

1. The mouth, stomach, jaws, or gullet of a voracious animal, especially a carnivore.
2. The opening into something felt to be insatiable: "I saw the opening maw of hell" (Herman Melville).

[Middle English mawe, from Old English maga.]

Fourth stomach of the ruminant.

Marine Air Wing. In Marine Aviation, a unit equivalent to an infantry division. Commanded by a major general.

tv. & in. to kiss and pet; to smooch. (Probably from maul.)  Come on, don't maw me. You've been watching too many movies—or too few.  Let's go out somewhere and maw.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dyremave, kallun, dyregab, dyresvælg, [sl.] ædedolks mave

Nederlands (Dutch)
krop, muil, maag

Français (French)
n. - caillette, jabot (d'un oiseau), gueule (d'un lion) (hum)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Magen, Rachen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ζωολ.) τέταρτος στόμαχος, ήνυστρο, μπούκα (κν. καταβόθρα)

Italiano (Italian)
onnivero dalla bocca enorme, stomaco

Português (Portuguese)
n. - estômago (m)

Русский (Russian)
утроба, сычуг, плавательный пузырь, зоб, пасть, аппетит

Español (Spanish)
n. - buche, cuajar, fauces

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mage, buk, käft

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
反刍动物的第四胃, 人的胃, 嗉囊

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 反芻動物的第四胃, 人的胃, 嗉囊

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (신체 구조) 위, 아주 깊은 바닥, 엄마

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 反芻動物の第四胃, 餌袋, 口, 食道, かあさん

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) معدة, حوصله الطائر, فم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮לסתות או גרון של חיית-טרף, קיבת חיה, זפק, קיבתו של אדם חמדן (מדוברת)‬

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