prognathous
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- hyperprognathous adjective
- prognathism noun
- prognathy noun
Etymology
Origin of prognathous
Example Sentences
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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
When commanded, the robot lowered its arm, raised the other, lowered it, turned its head from side to side, opened and closed its prognathous jaw, sat down.
From Time Magazine Archive
The regal bearing and the profile with its generous, slightly prognathous jaw remain intact.
From Time Magazine Archive
Buchman, a mild, prognathous giant with a Jeremiah Johnson beard, has been working at sculpture for six years.
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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