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Definition of Opisthognathous
1. Adjective. Having receding jaws.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Opisthognathous
Literary usage of Opisthognathous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1882)
"... north of France: the facial angle is good: some examples being opisthognathous
rather than prognathous; the features of the face are fine and delicate, ..."
2. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1882)
"... some examples being opisthognathous rather than prognathous; the features of
the face are fine and delicate, but the capacity of the skull is not ..."
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