Mouth

Mouth

In animal anatomy, the mouth is the first portion of the alimentary canal that receives food.

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Famous quotes containing the word mouth:

    Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength
    because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the
    avenger.
    Bible: Hebrew Psalm VIII (l. VIII, 2)

    In his tenth July some instinct
    taught him to arm the waiting wave,
    a giant where its mouth hung open.
    He rode on the lip that buoyed him there
    and buckled him under.
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    He humbled you by letting you hunger, then by feeding you with manna, with which neither you nor your ancestors were acquainted, in order to make you understand that one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
    Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 8:3-8.

    Scripture cited by Jesus when tempted in the wilderness.