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Meaning of CRAW

Pronunciation:  kro

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
 
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 Synonyms: crop
 
 See Also: breadbasket, stomach, tum, tummy

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Craw\ (kr[add]), n. [Akin to D. kraag neck, collar, G.
kragen, Sw. kr[aum]fva craw, Dan. kro, and possibly to Gr.
???? (E. bronchus), or bro`chqos throat. [root]25. Cf. {Crag}
neck.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The crop of a bird.
(b) The stomach of an animal.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: abdomen, abomasum, bay window, beerbelly, belly, breadbasket, crop, diaphragm, embonpoint, first stomach, gizzard, gullet, gut, honeycomb stomach, kishkes, manyplies, maw, midriff, omasum, paunch, pot, potbelly, potgut, psalterium, pusgut, rennet bag, reticulum, rumen, second stomach, spare tire, stomach, swagbelly, third stomach, tummy, tum-tum, underbelly, ventripotence
 

 

 

 

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