as in mouths
the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal
a dope with a talent for opening his yap at exactly the wrong moment
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mouths
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Fragments of plastic smaller than a grain of rice, drift with the currents, slipping into the mouths of fish, turtles, seabirds, and sharks.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
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Robbie hoped their full mouths muffled the sound.—
Rachel McRady,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Yaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yaps. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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