Netherjaw

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The lower jaw. archaic

Etymology

From Middle English nether jowe, a partial calque of earlier Middle English nether jawe, nethir jawle, neþer chawle (“lower jaw”), equivalent to nether- + jaw.

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