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craw

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craw  (krô)
n.
1. The crop of a bird or insect.
2. The stomach of an animal.
Idiom:
stick in (one's) craw
To cause one to feel abiding discontent and resentment.

[Middle English crawe.]

craw [krɔː]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a less common word for crop [6]
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the stomach of an animal
stick in one's craw or throat Informal to be difficult, or against one's conscience, for one to accept, utter, or believe
[related to Middle High German krage, Middle Dutch crāghe neck, Icelandic kragi collar]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.craw - a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
stomach, tum, tummy, breadbasket - an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion

craw
noun
stick in your craw annoy, anger, outrage, offend, irritate, infuriate, incense, enrage, madden, nettle, vex, rile, pique, nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), make your blood boil, piss you off (taboo slang), get your dander up (informal), get your back up, put your back up What stuck in his craw was the implication that he was a liar.
Translations
craw [krɔː] N to stick in one's craw it really sticks in my craw that she thinksno trago con que ella piense que ...


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After feeding, the uncovered craw protrudes; at such times, and indeed generally, the Carrancha is an inactive, tame, and cowardly bird.
"November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh;* The short'ning winter-day is near a close; The miry bests retreating frae the pleugh; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose; The toil-worn Cotter Frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend.
 
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