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opisthognathous

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op·is·thog·na·thous  (ps-thgn-ths)
adj.
Having receding jaws.
[Greek opistho-, behind (from opisthen; see epi in Indo-European roots) + -gnathous.]
opis·thogna·thism n.
opisthognathous [ˌɒpɪsˈθɒgnəθəs]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (Medicine) (of a person or animal) having receding jaws
[from Greek opisthen behind + -gnathous]
opisthognathism  n
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Adj.1.opisthognathous - having receding jaws
hypognathous, prognathic, prognathous - having a projecting lower jaw
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This may be partly due to not using more characters of the male and female postabdomen and to an avoidance of other somatic characters where definition is difficult, for example, the relative head shape: prognathous versus opisthognathous, the degree of convergence of eye margins, and the subtle wing characters.
A revision of Afrotropical Chyromyidae (excluding Gymnochiromyia ... by Ebejer, Martin J. / African Invertebrates
 
 
 
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