prognathous

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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

But when asked if she was his ambassador, prognathous Rothermere replied with heavy humor: "I am not a sovereign state�yet."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

The regal bearing and the profile with its generous, slightly prognathous jaw remain intact.

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