🔄 Synonyms of "Prognathic"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| lantern-jawed | Having a protruding or jutting lower jaw. |
| prognathous | Having jaws that project forward more than is usual, or being such a jaw. |
| hypognathous | (zoology) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper jaw. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Prognathic"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| opisthognathous | (zoology) Having retreating jaws or teeth. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Prognathic"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| prognathous | Having jaws that project forward more than is usual, or being such a jaw. |
| lantern-jawed | Having a protruding or jutting lower jaw. |
| hypognathous | (zoology) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper jaw. |
| mandiblenoun | (anatomy, zootomy) The jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes. |
| mesognathousnoun | (anatomy) having the jaws slightly projecting; between prognathous and orthognathous |
| orthognathic | Of or pertaining to the correction of the jaws |
| anisognathous | (pathology) Having different sizes to the upper and lower jaws |
| mandibulous | Pertaining to the mandible. |
| monognathic | Referring to, or affecting only one of a pair of jaws |
| macrencephalous | macrencephalic |
| hemignathous | Having one mandible much shorter than the other |
| megalocephalous | macrencephalic |
| proclinatenoun | (anatomy) inclined, directed, or leaning forward, as in the teeth of some mammals and bristles on the frons of many insects |
| eugnathic | Free from abnormalities of the jaw. |
| premolariformnoun | Having the form of a premolar |
| toothed | (of an animal) Having teeth. |
| zygomorphous | zygomorphic |
| phenozygous | Having a narrow cranium as compared with the width of the face, so that when the skull is viewed from above, the zygomatic arches are visible. |
| paragnathous | (ornithology, archaic) having both mandibles of equal length, with the tips meeting, as in certain birds |
| dolichocephalous | dolichocephalic |
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