Etymology

amblygnathous

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Today it means: Having relatively short and blunt jaws. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀμβλύς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀμβλύς“blunt”
  2. English todayamblygnathous

From Ancient Greek ἀμβλύς (amblús, “blunt”) + -gnathous. By surface analysis, ambly- + -gnathous.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀμβλύς all →

amblygonamblygonite

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