__NOTOC__ Maw may refer to:

Biology

* A human's or animal's

stomach The stomach is a muscular, hollow organ in the upper gastrointestinal tract of Human, humans and many other animals, including several invertebrates. The Ancient Greek name for the stomach is ''gaster'' which is used as ''gastric'' in medical t ...

gullet The esophagus (American English), oesophagus (British English), or œsophagus ( archaic spelling) ( see spelling difference) all ; : ((o)e)(œ)sophagi or ((o)e)(œ)sophaguses), colloquially known also as the food pipe, food tube, or gullet, ...

, a bird's

crop A crop is a plant that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence. In other words, a crop is a plant or plant product that is grown for a specific purpose such as food, Fiber, fibre, or fuel. When plants of the same spe ...

* A fish's

gas bladder The swim bladder, gas bladder, fish maw, or air bladder is an internal gas-filled organ in bony fish that functions to modulate buoyancy, and thus allowing the fish to stay at desired water depth without having to maintain lift via swimming, ...

(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'', 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, released in April 2017. A Nintendo Switch version was released i ...

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

My Singing Monsters ''My Singing Monsters'' is a Canadian video game franchise developed by Big Blue Bubble. The first game of the series was published and released with help by Canada Media Fund (CMF) on September 4, 2012, for Apple iOS. Ports of the game for ot ...

People with the surname

* Carlyle E. Maw (1903–1987), American lawyer and politician * Herbert B. Maw (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 birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of ges ...

" * Maw (state), one of the Shan states of Southeast Asia * Maw language (disambiguation) *

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

, a weapon * Maw & Co, British manufacturer of ceramic tiles

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