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Pig-jawed :: Pig-jawed (a.) Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; -- said of dogs..

Nereis :: Nereis (n.) A genus, including numerous species, of marine chaetopod annelids, having a well-formed head, with two pairs of eyes, antennae, four pairs of tentacles, and a protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of hooked jaws..

Digastric :: Digastric (a.) Having two bellies; biventral; -- applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the middle, and esp. to the muscle which pulls down the lower jaw..

Baleen :: Baleen (n.) Plates or blades of whalebone, from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth..

Curb :: Curb (n.) That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse..

Angular :: Angular (n.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes..

Diastema :: Diastema (n.) A vacant space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw..

Jawed :: Jawed (imp. & p. p.) of Ja.

Prognathi :: Prognathi (n. pl.) A comprehensive group of mankind, including those that have prognathous jaws..

Axle Guard :: Axle guard () The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in England..

Gena :: Gena () The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.

Chopfallen :: Chopfallen (a.) Having the lower chop or jaw depressed; hence, crestfallen; dejected; dispirited; downcast. See Chapfallen..

Chops :: Chops (n. pl.) The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth..

Chaps :: Chaps (n. pl.) The jaws, or the fleshy parts about them. See Chap..

Chop :: Chop (n.) A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise..

Pleurodont :: Pleurodont (a.) Having the teeth consolidated with the inner edge of the jaw, as in some lizards..

Aptychus :: Aptychus (n.) A shelly plate found in the terminal chambers of ammonite shells. Some authors consider them to be jaws; others, opercula..

Proteles :: Proteles (n.) A South Africa genus of Carnivora, allied to the hyenas, but smaller and having weaker jaws and teeth. It includes the aard-wolf..

Macrognathic :: Macrognathic (a.) Long-jawed.

Stente :: Stenostome (a.) Having a small or narrow mouth; -- said of certain small ground snakes (Opoterodonta), which are unable to dilate their jaws..

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