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-gnathous

 
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a combining form meaning “having a jaw” of the kind or in the position specified by the initial element: prognathous.
Origin:
< Gk -gnathos -jawed, adj. deriv. of gnáthos jaw (akin to chin ); see -ous
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-gnathous  
suff.  Having a specified kind of jaw: metagnathous.

[New Latin -gnathus, from Greek -gnathos, from gnathos, jaw; see genu-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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-gnathous suff.
Characterized by a specified kind of jaw: anisognathous.

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