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jawlike

jawlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a jaw.

Adjective

jawlike (comparative more jawlike, superlative most jawlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a jaw.

Forms of jawlike

comparativemore jawlike
superlativemost jawlike
alternative formjaw-like

Origin of jawlike

From jaw + -like.

Questions about jawlike

What does jawlike mean?
Jawlike means resembling or characteristic of a jaw.
What part of speech is jawlike?
Jawlike is an adjective.

Words near jawlike in the dictionary

  1. jawled
  2. jawler
  3. jawlers
  4. jawless
  5. jawlessness
  6. jawlike
  7. jawline
  8. jawlined
  9. jawlines
  10. jawling
  11. jawls

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