Entry: prognathous (adj.)
In context: "...a prognathous lady..."
Definition: Chiefly Physical Anthropol.
Having projecting or forward-pointing jaws, teeth, mandibles, etc.; having a facial angle of less than 90°; having a gnathic index of 103 or more. Of jaws or a lower jaw: prominent, protruding. Cf. opisthognathous adj., orthognathous adj.
Other: Easier to understand by seeing than reading.
SNOOT score: 1
Page: 348
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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