cleft chin
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From cleft + chin. Compare Middle English clove chynne (“cleft chin”, literally “cloven chin”).
Noun
[edit]cleft chin (plural cleft chins)
- An anatomical genetic trait in which a fissure in the lower jaw causes a visible dimple in the center of the chin.
Synonyms
[edit]- bum chin
- butt chin
- chin cleft
- chin dimple
- superhero chin
- mental cleft from the Latin mentum (chin) formed at the juncture of the two mentalis muscles
Translations
[edit]cleft chin
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