Meanings
comparative more prognathous · superlative most prognathous
- Having a jaw that projects forward more than is usual, or being such a jaw.
A huge brute with thick lips and prognathous jaw stood at her shoulder. He was talking loudly and gesticulating wildly.
1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter VIII, in The Land That Time Forgot1 more example
Phycosecids are small, ovate, convex beetles with a prognathous head, partly covered by a semicircular projection of the pronotum and a dorsal vestiture of whitish scales or scalelike setae.
2013, Adam Slipinski, Australian Beetles Volume 1: Morphology, Classification and Keys
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving a projecting lower jaw
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic أَفْقَم
- أَفْقَم (ʔafqam)with jaws projecting forward
Bulgarian издаден
- издаден (izdaden)with jaws projecting forward
Catalan prògnat
- prògnatwith jaws projecting forward
French prognathe
- prognathewith jaws projecting forward
German prognath
- prognathwith jaws projecting forward
Portuguese prógnato
- prógnatowith jaws projecting forward
Romanian proeminent
- proeminentwith jaws projecting forward
Russian прогнати́ческий
- прогнати́ческий (prognatíčeskij)with jaws projecting forward
Cite this entry
prognathous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prognathous
“prognathous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prognathous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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