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Webster 1913 Edition

Epignathous

E-pig′na-thous

,

Adj.

[

Epi-

+ Gr.

γνάθοσ

the jaw.]

(Zoöl.)

Hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower.

Definition 2024

epignathous

epignathous

English

Adjective

epignathous ‎(not comparable)

(zoology) hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower one