epignathous
English
Etymology
epi- + -gnathous
Adjective
epignathous (not comparable)
- (zoology) hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower one
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for epignathous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)