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prognathous

American  
[prog-nuh-thuhs, prog-nay-] / 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

In the reviewing stand before the Public Library were General Johnson, Governor Lehman of New York, Grover Aloysius Whalen and prognathous Mayor O'Brien, waving and smiling at the marchers.

From Time Magazine Archive

As Georgy she is dumpy, vaguely prognathous, warm and plain as a suet pudding.

From Time Magazine Archive

This autumn Tammany Hall has on its hands the toughest municipal campaign in a decade to keep John Patrick O'Brien, its prognathous, bumbling Mayor, in New York City Hall.

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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