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HYPOGNATHOUS

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hy⋅pog⋅na⋅thous

  [hahy-pog-nuh-thuhs]
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–adjective
having the lower jaw or mandible longer than the upper.
Origin:
1870–75; hypo- + -gnathous

Related forms:
hy⋅pog⋅na⋅thism, noun
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hypognathous hy·pog·na·thous (hī-pŏg'nə-thəs, hī'pō-nāth'əs)
adj.
Having a congenitally underdeveloped lower jaw.

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