maw (3)

(MEW (1), 8.) A sea-mew. *mâw, v. t. [Mow, v.] râwk, *mâuk, *mawke, subst . [A. S. madhek, mead he a maggot, from Icel. madhkr ; Dan. mad dik ; Norw. makk , madhek is a dim in. from madha ; Goth. math a ; Dut. & Ger. made = a maggot.] [Мотн.) *1. A maggot. 2653 (2) In Arthropod a, the one or two pairs of limbs next the mandibles that are modified asjaws. ( Hur ley.) In the Crustacea the maxillæ are in front of the somites forming the maxillipeds and behind that somite which has the mandibles. In the Arachnid a there is a pair of maxillse, each of which is provided with a jointed appendage. They are just behind the mandibles, as they are also in Insect a. They are the inferior pair of jaws, and are furnished with one or more pairs of maxillary palpi.