prognathous

English

Etymology

pro- +‎ -gnathous

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɑɡnəθəs/, IPA^(key): /prɑɡˈneɪθəs/

Adjective

prognathous (comparative more prognathous, superlative most prognathous)

1. Having jaws that project forward more than is usual, or being such a jaw.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter VIII, in The Land That Time Forgot:

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

   • 2013, Adam Slipinski, Australian Beetles Volume 1: Morphology, Classification and Keys‎^[1]:

     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.

Related terms

• hyperprognathous
• prognathia
• prognathic
• prognathism

Translations

with jaws projecting forward

• Bulgarian: издаден (bg) (izdaden)
• Catalan: prògnat m
• French: prognathe (fr)
• Portuguese: prógnato
• Romanian: proeminent (ro)
• Russian: прогнати́ческий (ru) (prognatíčeskij)