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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

underjaw en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English jaw English underjaw From under- + jaw.

Meanings

  1. the lower part of the jaw

Forms

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underjaws Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

underjawed

Synonyms

lower jaw