Meaning of prognathous | Babel Free

Definitions

Having jaws that project forward more than is usual, or being such a jaw.

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Examples

“A huge brute with thick lips and prognathous jaw stood at her shoulder. He was talking loudly and gesticulating wildly.”

“Phycosecids are small, ovate, convex beetles with a prognathous head, partly covered by a semicircular projection of the pronotum and a dorsal vestiture of whitish scales or scalelike setae.”

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