__NOTOC__ Maw may refer to:

Biology

* A human's or animal's

stomach The stomach is a muscular, hollow organ in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and many other animals, including several invertebrates. The stomach has a dilated structure and functions as a vital organ in the digestive system. The stomach i ...

gullet The esophagus (American English) or oesophagus (British English; both ), non-technically known also as the food pipe or gullet, is an organ in vertebrates through which food passes, aided by peristaltic contractions, from the pharynx to the ...

, a bird's

crop A crop is a plant that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence. When the plants of the same kind are cultivated at one place on a large scale, it is called a crop. Most crops are cultivated in agriculture or hydroponic ...

* A fish's

gas bladder The swim bladder, gas bladder, fish maw, or air bladder is an internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish (but not cartilaginous fish) to control their buoyancy, and thus to stay at their current water depth w ...

(swim bladder) *

Abomasum The abomasum, also known as the maw,The Cham ...

, the fourth stomach of a ruminant

Games

* Maw (game), a card game *''

The Maw ''The Maw'' is an action-adventure video game developed by Twisted Pixel Games and released for Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. The game centers on the extraterrestrial Frank and a purple, amorphous creature called The Maw, who have crash-landed ...

'', a 2009 video game *The Maw, the main setting of the video game ''

Little Nightmares ''Little Nightmares'' is a puzzle-platform horror adventure game developed by Tarsier Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One. A Nintendo Switch version was released in May 2018, followed ...

'' *Maw, a character in the video game ''

My Singing Monsters ''My Singing Monsters'' is a 2012 video game franchise developed by Big Blue Bubble and published by Canada Media Fund. The first game of the series was released on September 4, 2012, for Apple iOS. Ports of the game for other operating systems ...

People with the surname

* Carlyle E. Maw (1903–1987), American lawyer and politician *

Herbert B. Maw Herbert Brown Maw (March 11, 1893 – November 17, 1990) was an American politician and educator who was the eighth governor of Utah. He served as governor from 1941 to 1949. He was a Democrat and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of L ...

(1893–1990), American politician *

Nicholas Maw John Nicholas Maw (5 November 1935 – 19 May 2009) was a British composer. Among his works are the operas '' The Rising of the Moon'' (1970) and ''Sophie's Choice'' (2002). Biography Born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, Maw was the son of Clarence ...

(1935–2009), British composer *

William Maw William Henry Maw (6 December 1838 – 19 March 1924) was a British civil engineer and astronomer. Royal Astronomical Society Obituary Born into a seafaring family and orphaned at age 16, Maw was taken into the workshops of the Eastern Counties ...

(1838–1924), British civil engineer

Other

* Scottish and North American slang for "

mother ] A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given childbirth, birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the cas ...

" *

Maw (state) Maw ( my, Baw), was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It was the northernmost and the second largest of the states of the Myelat region at the western end of the Shan States. The capital of the state and residence of the ''Ngwegunhmu'' was M ...

, one of the Shan states of Southeast Asia *

Maw language (disambiguation) The Maw language may refer to: *Mal Paharia language, from India *Ndam language Ndam, also known as Dam and Ndamm, is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the southwestern Chadian prefectures of Tandjilé and Lai. Most of the speakers generall ...

Mace (bludgeon) A mace is a blunt weapon, a type of club or virge that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful strikes. A mace typically consists of a strong, heavy, wooden or metal shaft, often reinforced with metal, featuring a head made ...

, a weapon *

Maw & Co Maw & Co have made earthenware encaustic tiles for walls and floors since 1850, when the English company was established by George Maw and his brother Arthur. Their first factory was in Worcester and in 1862 the company moved to Broseley, Shrops ...

, British manufacturer of ceramic tiles

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People with the surname

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