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prognathous

American  
[prog-nuh-thuhs, prog-ney-] / ˈprɒg nə θəs, prɒgˈneɪ- /
Also prognathic

adjective

Craniometry.
  1. having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.


prognathous British  
/ prɒɡˈneɪθəs /

adjective

  1. having a projecting lower jaw

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of prognathous

First recorded in 1830–40; pro- 2 + -gnathous

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Sutherland was famously prognathous, but Poplavskaya's jaw – angular, horizontally extended to give her square face the look of a cubist carving – is even more extraordinary.

From The Guardian Apr. 9, 2011

At a single session fortnight ago they put through 471, including a pension for bumbling, prognathous Mayor John P. O'Brien.

From Time Magazine Archive

A sophisticated comedy with enough snap in its dialogue and situations to earn a passing grade, it demands only a minimum performance from the hard-eyed, prognathous beauty who was once queen of the silent movies.

From Time Magazine Archive

The regal bearing and the profile with its generous, slightly prognathous jaw remain intact.

From Time Magazine Archive

Forty-seven snubs by forty-seven hooks; forty-seven receding by forty-seven prognathous chins.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

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