From Middle English mewe, mowe, meau, from Old English mǣw, from Proto-Germanic *maihwaz, *maiwaz ("seagull") (compare West Frisian meau, mieu, Dutch meeuw, German Möwe), from *maiwijaną (compare Middle English mawen ("to shout, mew"), Middle Dutch mauwen, Middle High German māwen); akin to Latvian maût, Old Church Slavonic мꙑꙗти.
From Middle English mewe, mue, mwe, from Anglo-Norman mue, muwe, and Middle French mue ("shedding feathers; cage for moulting birds; prison"), from muer.
From Middle English mewen; .
Named after British orthodontists John Mew and his son Michael Mew.
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