"lower jaw" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lower jaws [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lower jaw (plural lower jaws)
  1. The part of the face below the mouth; the jaw. Synonyms (part of the face below the mouth): underjaw Related terms: dentary bone Translations (part of the face below the mouth): Unterkiefer [masculine] (German), Kiefer [masculine] (German), underkäke [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-lower_jaw-en-noun-O17qJwHx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'part of the face below the mouth': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'part of the face below the mouth': 99 1
  2. Specifically, the bone therein; the mandible of humans and other vertebrates that, with the cranium, composes the skull. Synonyms (jawbone): mandible Translations (mandible of humans and other vertebrates): Unterkieferknochen [masculine] (German), underkäke [common-gender] (Swedish), mandibel [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-lower_jaw-en-noun-Lqk8LAlI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'jawbone': 14 86 Disambiguation of 'mandible of humans and other vertebrates': 2 98

Inflected forms

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