Openmouthed

adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of open-mouthed. alt-of, alternative

    "The edges of these bones are fringed with hairy fibres, through which the Right Whale strains the water, and in whose intricacies he retains the small fish, when openmouthed he goes through the seas of brit in feeding time."

Adjective
  1. 1
    with eyes or mouth open in surprise wordnet

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advertentagapeaghastagogajaralert

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"The edges of these bones are fringed with hairy fibres, through which the Right Whale strains the water, and in whose intricacies he retains the small fish, when openmouthed he goes through the seas of brit in feeding time."

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