Gnathic Jaw Nath Ik Adjective Relating Greek Gnathos Ultimately

adjective

Of or relating to the jaw.

[From Greek gnathos (jaw). Ultimately from the Indo-European root genu- (jawbone, chin), which is also the source of chin, prognathous , and Sanskrit hanu (jaw). Hanuman (literally, having a large jaw) was the name of a monkey god in Hindu mythology. Earliest documented use: 1882.]

"For the first time in his life Judah sees the strangeness of the khepri, hears the scissor-sounds their gnathic movements make." - China Miéville; Iron Council; Del Rey; 2004.