opisthognathous

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   having receding jaws

   Antonymsprognathous

   Similarchinless

Questions about opisthognathous

What does opisthognathous mean?

opisthognathous means "having receding jaws".

How many syllables are in opisthognathous?

opisthognathous has 5 syllables: o-pis-thog-na-thous. The stress falls on "thog".

What is the opposite of opisthognathous?

The recorded antonyms are prognathous.

Is opisthognathous a common word?

opisthognathous 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.