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prognathous


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prognathous  \Prog"na*thous\,  a.  [Gr.  ?  before  +  ?  the  jaw] 
  (Anat.) 
  Having  the  jaws  projecting  beyond  the  upper  part  of  the  face; 
  --  opposed  to  orthognathous.  See  {Gnathic  index},  under 
  {Gnathic}. 
 
  Their  countenances  had  the  true  prognathous  character. 
  --Kane. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  prognathous 
  adj  :  having  a  projecting  lower  jaw  [syn:  {prognathic},  {hypognathous}] 
  [ant:  {opisthognathous}] 




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