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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

netherjaw en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English nether jowe, a partial calque of earlier Middle English nether jawe, nethir jawle, neþer chawle (“lower jaw”), equivalent to nether- + jaw.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) The lower jaw.

Forms

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netherjaws Number=Plur lexicographic
nether jaw alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

overjaw · upper jaw