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PROGNATHOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prognathous mean?
• PROGNATHOUS (adjective)
The adjective PROGNATHOUS has 1 sense:
1. having a projecting lower jaw
Familiarity information: PROGNATHOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a projecting lower jaw
Synonyms:
hypognathous; prognathic; prognathous
Similar:
lantern-jawed (having a protruding jaw giving the face a gaunt appearance)
Antonym:
opisthognathous (having receding jaws)
Context examples
In order to discover the necessary area, Nature had given him an enormous prognathous jaw.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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