About The Word Craw
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Craw
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What's The Definition Of Craw?
[n] a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
Synonyms | Synonyms for Craw: crop Related Terms | Find terms related to Craw: 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 See Also | breadbasket | stomach | tum | tummy Craw In Webster's Dictionary \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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