overjaw

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The upper jaw (superior maxillary). rare
    — And when they eat, they move the overjaw and nought the nether jaw, and they have no tongue.

词形变化

overjaws plural over jaw alternative

词源

From Middle English overjowe, over jawe, a partial calque of earlier Middle English over chavel (“upper jaw”), equivalent to over- + jaw.
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