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A gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter V.
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A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.
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The lower jaw.
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The lower chaps or jaw.
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Having a projecting under jaw; prognathous.
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Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; -- said of dogs.
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Of, pertaining to, or designating, the fifth pair of cranial nerves, which divide on each side of the head into three main branches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the mouth; trifacial.
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An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
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The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.
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Having jaws; -- chiefly in composition; as, lantern-jawed.
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One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.
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The jaw, jawbone, or cheek bone.
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A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard.
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Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.
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A very large marine mammal (Trichecus rosmarus) of the Seal family, native of the Arctic Ocean. The male has long and powerful tusks descending from the upper jaw. It uses these in procuring food and in fighting. It is hunted for its oil, ivory, and skin. It feeds largely on mollusks. Called also morse.
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Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawed person.
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Having the lower jaw projecting.
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Relating to the jaws.
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