Crossword-Solution: PROGNATHOUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Prognathous | a. | Having the jaws projecting beyond the upper part of the face; -- opposed to orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic. |
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| having a projecting lower jaw | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
The apparent arc described, above or below the horizon, by the
sun or other celestial body. The diurnal arc is described during the
daytime, the nocturnal arc during the night.
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Sentences with PROGNATHOUS (5)
This malignant and terrible contortion, combined with the low forehead, blunt nose, and prognathous jaw gave the dead man a singularly simious and ape-like appearance, which was increased by his writhing, unnatural posture.
There was a new shine in his eyes, a wicked line appeared over the nose, the jaw grew salient, prognathous.
For example, among the Band-lu were such types as So-ta, who seemed to me to be the highest in the scale of evolution, and To-jo, who was just a shade nearer the ape, while there were others who had flatter noses, more prognathous faces and hairier bodies.
The frontal sinus, or the projection over the eye-brows, is largely developed, and the jaws are prognathous to an “effrayant” degree; so that these idiots somewhat resemble the lower types of mankind.
This is its condition in the human foetus when two months old; and through arrested development, it sometimes remains thus in man when adult, more especially in the lower prognathous races.