projecting lower jaw

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• Jaw jerk reflex — The jaw jerk reflex or the masseter reflex is a stretch reflex used to test the status of a patient s trigeminal nerve (CN V).[1] The mandible or lower jaw is tapped at a downward angle just below the lips at the chin while the mouth is held… …   Wikipedia

• lantern jaw — n. [from resemblance to the early lantern with long sides of thin, concave horn] 1. a projecting lower jaw 2. [pl.] long, thin jaws, with sunken cheeks, that give the face a lean, gaunt appearance lantern jawed adj …   English World dictionary

• perciform — ▪ fish order Introduction       any member of the order Perciformes, a group of bony fishes with more than 6,000 species placed in about 150 families. The order is the largest group of fishes in the world today. Perciform fishes occur in… …   Universalium

• hypognathous — adjective having a projecting lower jaw • Syn: ↑prognathous, ↑prognathic • Ant: ↑opisthognathous (for: ↑prognathous) • Similar to: ↑lantern jawed …   Useful english dictionary

• snook — snook1 /snoohk, snook/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) snook, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) snooks. 1. any basslike fish of the genus Centropomus, esp. C. undecimalis, inhabiting waters off Florida and the West Indies and south to …   Universalium

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• prognathous — [prɒg neɪθəs, prɒgnəθəs] adjective having a projecting lower jaw or chin. ↘(of a jaw or chin) projecting. Derivatives prognathic prɒg naθɪk adjective prognathism noun Origin C19: from pro 2 + Gk gnathos jaw + …   English new terms dictionary

• Pandaka pygmaea — Taxobox name = Dwarf pygmy goby status = CR | status system = IUCN2.3 image width = 220px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Gobiidae subfamilia = Gobionellinae genus = Pandaka species = P.… …   Wikipedia

• Dwarf pygmy goby — Conservation status Critically Endangered (IUCN …   Wikipedia

• flathead catfish — noun large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw • Syn: ↑mudcat, ↑goujon, ↑shovelnose catfish, ↑spoonbill catfish, ↑Pylodictus olivaris • Hypernyms: ↑catfish, ↑siluriform fish …   Useful english dictionary

• Phreatobius — Taxobox name = Phreatobius regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Siluriformes familia = incertae sedis genus = Phreatobius genus authority = Goeldi, 1905 type species = Phreatobius cisternarum type species authority …   Wikipedia