long-jawed

1. 1.

   having relatively long jaws

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Questions about long-jawed

What does long-jawed mean?

long-jawed means "having relatively long jaws".

How many syllables are in long-jawed?

long-jawed has 2 syllables and divides as long--jawed under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is long-jawed a common word?

long-jawed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.