craw

• Veralteter oder archaischer Begriff für den Kropf oder Magen eines Vogels oder Tieres; bezeichnet auch den Schlund oder die Kehle.

A noun referring to the crop or stomach of a bird or animal, now considered archaic or obsolete in modern English.

1. Bird's cropC1formal

   The crop or first stomach of a bird, where food is stored and softened before digestion.

   Kropf

   • The bird's craw was full of seeds.
   • Hunters often check the craw to see what the bird has been eating.
   • The craw helps birds digest their food more efficiently.

   Synonymecrop

2. Animal's stomach (informal)C2informal

   Used informally to refer to the stomach or throat of an animal, especially in the phrase 'stick in one's craw'.

   Kropf (fig.)

   • The idea of lying stuck in his craw.
   • Her unfair criticism really stuck in my craw.
   • It stuck in his craw that he had to apologize.

   Synonymecropgizzardgulletmawstomach