Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The snake-head or turtle-head, Chelone glabra.

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Examples

  • Otherwise the younger generation will think that a fish-mouth smile and those shiny cheeks are normal...

    Giulia Rozzi: I Was Told I Needed Plastic Surgery Giulia Rozzi 2011

  • Otherwise the younger generation will think that a fish-mouth smile and those shiny cheeks are normal...

    Giulia Rozzi: I Was Told I Needed Plastic Surgery Giulia Rozzi 2011

  • Otherwise the younger generation will think that a fish-mouth smile and those shiny cheeks are normal...

    Giulia Rozzi: I Was Told I Needed Plastic Surgery Giulia Rozzi 2011

  • Otherwise the younger generation will think that a fish-mouth smile and those shiny cheeks are normal...

    Giulia Rozzi: I Was Told I Needed Plastic Surgery Giulia Rozzi 2011

  • They're very ornate and highly recognizable too, thanks to their trademark fish-mouth grease ports, scaly hub shells, and fin-shaped skewers.

    Velo Noir: The Bike Dick BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • I opened my mouth to say, "Can I help you?" and instead, I did that fish-mouth thing where you keep opening and closing your mouth while no words come out.

    "It's like meeting Santa Claus!" 2006

  • I opened my mouth to say, "Can I help you?" and instead, I did that fish-mouth thing where you keep opening and closing your mouth while no words come out.

    Archive 2006-09-01 2006

  • Between main-stage sets, he taught harp basics starting with the fish-mouth for playing.

    CourierPostOnline.com - News 2010

  • This was my first suit with braces (so with a fish-tail back) as well as featuring a fish-mouth lapel.

    Men's Flair Simon Crompton 2010

  • A peak and fish-mouth lapel both angle upwards, to a greater or lesser extent.

    Men's Flair Simon Crompton 2010

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