Dictionary

prognathous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /prɑɡˈneɪθəs/
• /ˈprɑɡnəθəs/

Etymology

From pro- + -gnathous.

Meanings

1. Having a jaw that projects forward more than is usual, or being such a jaw.
   • Phycosecids are small, ovate, convex beetles with a prognathous head, partly covered by a semicircular projection of the pronotum and a dorsal vestiture of whitish scales or scalelike setae. 2013, Adam Slipinski, Australian Beetles Volume 1: Morphology, Classification and Keys:
   • A huge brute with thick lips and prognathous jaw stood at her shoulder. He was talking loudly and gesticulating wildly. 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter VIII, in The Land That Time Forgot:

Forms

Relateds

prognathism · hyperprognathous · prognathia · prognathic

Translations (8)

ru прогнати́ческий (with jaws projecting forward) · fr prognathe (with jaws projecting forward) · de prognath (with jaws projecting forward) · pt prógnato (with jaws projecting forward) · ca prògnat (with jaws projecting forward) · ro proeminent (with jaws projecting forward) · ar أَفْقَم (with jaws projecting forward) · bg издаден (with jaws projecting forward)