Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the upper jaw projecting decidedly beyond the lower, as a dog.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; -- said of dogs.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective zoology Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; said of dogs.

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Examples

  • 72 Or, “a hook-nosed (? pig-jawed, see Stonehenge, “The Dog,” p. 19, 4th ed.) dog has a bad mouth and cannot hold.”

    On Hunting 2007

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