🔄 Synonyms of "Prognathous"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| lantern-jawed | Having a protruding or jutting lower jaw. |
| prognathic | Prognathous. |
| hypognathous | (zoology) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper jaw. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Prognathous"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| opisthognathous | (zoology) Having retreating jaws or teeth. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Prognathous"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| lantern-jawed | Having a protruding or jutting lower jaw. |
| prognathic | Prognathous. |
| hypognathous | (zoology) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper jaw. |
| mesognathousnoun | (anatomy) having the jaws slightly projecting; between prognathous and orthognathous |
| jawed | Having jaws. |
| mandibulous | Pertaining to the mandible. |
| orthognathic | Of or pertaining to the correction of the jaws |
| anisognathous | (pathology) Having different sizes to the upper and lower jaws |
| toothed | (of an animal) Having teeth. |
| eugnathic | Free from abnormalities of the jaw. |
| monognathic | Referring to, or affecting only one of a pair of jaws |
| jawlined | (in combination) Having a specific kind of jawline. |
| dignathic | Referring to, or differing between each of a pair of jaws |
| jawbonedverb | (in combination) Having a specified kind of jawbone. |
| proclinatenoun | (anatomy) inclined, directed, or leaning forward, as in the teeth of some mammals and bristles on the frons of many insects |
| gap-toothed | Exhibiting a gap between the teeth, especially between the two upper central incisors. |
| gaptoothed | Alternative form of gap-toothed. [Exhibiting a gap between the teeth, especially between the two upper central incisors.] |
| 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. |
| hemignathous | Having one mandible much shorter than the other |
| mandibuliform | Having the form of a mandible; said especially of the maxillae of an insect when hard and adapted for biting. |
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