underbite
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of underbite
Example Sentences
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Both females and males have a characteristic underbite with two pairs of teeth in the lower jaw.
From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2024
“Be Free, You Wrinkly Ghost!” opens, “I’ve never been fully on board with my face” and goes on to detail the surgeries Nancherla has undergone to correct a droopy eyelid and underbite.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2023
Thelma's top beak was crudely clipped just below her nostrils, causing the bottom beak to jut out partially exposed, resembling an underbite.
From Salon • May 10, 2023
Tardar Sauce was born the runt of her litter on 4 April 2012, with a combination of feline dwarfism and an underbite thought to be behind her disgruntled expression.
From The Guardian • May 17, 2019
She smiles and then snorts a little and that, finally, makes me smile, my underbite cramping.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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