Gaping

Definitions

1. The act of one who gapes.
2. Something gaping; something agape.
3. A threat or courtship behavior in animals involving holding the mouth open and displaying the teeth or other interior features.

Equivalents

Examples

“M. Le Gallois considers these gapings, which continue⟳ for some time after decapitation, as the vain efforts of the head for respiration.”

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