Usually means: Jaws positioned backward, typical in insects.
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  1. opisthognathous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. opisthognathous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. opisthognathous: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. opisthognathous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  1. opisthognathous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (zoology) Having retreating jaws or teeth.

Similar:
chinless, opisthodont, odontognathous, amblygnathous, oxygnathous, hypognathous, stegognathous, round-mouthed, dentirostral, anisodont, more...

Opposite:
prognathous, orthognathous, eurygnathous

Types:
anisognathous, more...

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Similar:
chinless, opisthodont, odontognathous, amblygnathous, oxygnathous, hypognathous, stegognathous, round-mouthed, dentirostral, anisodont, more...

Opposite:
prognathous, orthognathous, eurygnathous

Types:
anisognathous, more...



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