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Diodon :: Diodon (n.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc. Called also porcupine fishes, and sea hedgehogs..

Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) Hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering..

Prognathism :: Prognathism (n.) Projection of the jaws.

Mazard :: Mazard (n.) The jaw; the head or skull.

Macrognathic :: Macrognathic (a.) Long-jawed.

Mouth :: Mouth (n.) The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips and the pharynx; the buccal cavity..

Pedestal :: Pedestal (n.) A casting secured to the frame of a truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.

Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form..

Chop :: Chop (n.) A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops.

Angular :: Angular (n.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes..

Clamp :: Clamp (n.) One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising..

Marsipobranchia :: Marsipobranchia (n. pl.) A class of Vertebrata, lower than fishes, characterized by their purselike gill cavities, cartilaginous skeletons, absence of limbs, and a suckerlike mouth destitute of jaws. It includes the lampreys and hagfishes. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey. Called also Marsipobranchiata, and Marsipobranchii..

Walrus :: Walrus (n.) 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..

Gymnodont :: Gymnodont (n.) One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates, on each jaw, as the diodonts and tetradonts. See Bur fish, Globefish, Diodon..

Cyclostomi :: Cyclostomi (n. pl.) A glass of fishes having a suckerlike mouth, without jaws, as the lamprey; the Marsipobranchii..

Beard :: Beard (n.) That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle..

Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth..

Chin :: Chin (n.) The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw.

Coronoid :: Coronoid (a.) Resembling the beak of a crow; as, the coronoid process of the jaw, or of the ulna..

Maxilla :: Maxilla (n.) One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods.

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