craw Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
    crop.

WordNet


Craw noun
Etymology
Akin to D. kraag neck, collar, G. kragen, Sw. krfva craw, Dan. kro, and possibly to Gr. (E. bronchus), or throat. 25. Cf.Crag neck.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) The crop of a bird. (b) The stomach of an animal.

Webster 1913