On 4/11/07, sean neill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Dave, you have defeated my "Oxford Concise Dictionary". Please define
> 'opisthognathous' in the context you used above.
>
> Thanks
>
> Phil
> nb etymologicallychallenged
> --
> Phil & Anne Irons
>
> Opistho- is a Greek adjective meaning 'behind' (the opposite of pro-
> meaning 'in front')
> Gnathos is Greek for a jaw.
>
> So presumably Dave means 'chinless' (the opposite of Neanderthals who
> were prognathous, like Dubya).
>
> Sean



Thank you one and all.

Phil
-- 
Phil & Anne Irons
Sydney, Nova Scotia


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