Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The sound or air-bladder of a fish.

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Examples

  • But, when the colour of the gem beams from the heart of the stone, and the lustre of the pearl breaks through the fish-maw, are they still hidden?

    Lunheng 1962

  • a pearl in a fish-maw, and therefore they are covered and in the dark.

    Lunheng 1962

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