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prognathous

[prog-nuh-thuhs, prog-nay-] / ˈprɒg nə θəs, prɒgˈneɪ- /




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Sutherland was famously prognathous, but Poplavskaya's jaw – angular, horizontally extended to give her square face the look of a cubist carving – is even more extraordinary.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2011

When he misses, the famous scooped snoot shoots defiantly skyward, the prognathous jaw drops in mock anguish, or he goes into a stop-action freeze.

From Time Magazine Archive

As Georgy she is dumpy, vaguely prognathous, warm and plain as a suet pudding.

From Time Magazine Archive

My left thumb will always remain minus a piece bitten out with its prognathous jaws.

From Time Magazine Archive

Forty-seven snubs by forty-seven hooks; forty-seven receding by forty-seven prognathous chins.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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