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overjaws

overjaws is the plural of overjaw.

Meaning of overjaw

Noun

overjaw (plural overjaws)

  1. (rare) The upper jaw (superior maxillary).
    • And when they eat, they move the overjaw and nought the nether jaw, and they have no tongue.1926, Arthur Percival Newton, Travel and Travellers of the Middle Ages, page 161

Questions about overjaws

What is overjaws the plural of?
Overjaws is the plural of overjaw.

Words near overjaws in the dictionary

  1. overite
  2. overjacket
  3. overjackets
  4. overjaded
  5. overjaw
  6. overjaws
  7. overjealous
  8. overjealously
  9. overjet
  10. overjets
  11. overjittery

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