rictus

Dictionary: ric·tus

(rĭk'təs)

n., pl., rictus, or -tus·es.

The expanse of an open mouth, a bird's beak, or similar structure.
A gaping grimace: "his mouth gaping in a kind of rictus of startled alarm" (Richard Adams).

[Latin, from past participle of ringī, to gape.]

rictal ric'tal adj.

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