hypognathous

• 过时的形容词，描述下颌突出或下颚突出的动物或人。

An obsolete adjective describing an animal or person with a protruding lower jaw.

1. Having a projecting lower jawC2formal

   Describes an organism, especially an insect or fish, where the lower jaw extends forward beyond the upper jaw.

   下颚前突的

   • The hypognathous structure of the fish helps it catch prey from below.
   • In some insects, a hypognathous head allows for specialized feeding.
   • The fossil showed a clearly hypognathous jawline.

   同义词prognathicprognathousunderhungundershot

   反义词opisthognathous