Usually means: Jaws or throats of voracious animals.
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  1. maws: Merriam-Webster
  2. maws: Collins English Dictionary
  3. maws: Vocabulary.com
  4. Maw's, Maws, maw's, maws: Wordnik
  5. maws: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. MAWs, Maws, maws: Wiktionary
  7. MAWS: Dictionary.com
  8. MAWS, Maws: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. MAWS: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  10. MAWS: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. MAWS: Encyclopedia

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  1. MAWS: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (MAW)

noun:  (archaic) The stomach, especially of an animal.
noun:  The upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a fearsome and ravenous creature; craw.
noun:  (slang, derogatory) The mouth.
noun:  Any large, insatiable or perilous opening.
noun:  Appetite; inclination.
noun:  The swim bladder of a fish, especially when used as food in Chinese cuisine.
noun:  (dialect, colloquial) Mother.
noun:  A gull.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  (informal, derogatory) Initialism of model, actress, whatever: a young woman without much talent who attains celebrity through physical attractiveness. [A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.]
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