loosejaw
English
noun
Definitions
- A fish whose jaw can unhinge to swallow large prey.
Etymology
Compound from English loose + English jaw.
Origin
English
jaw
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bottle jaw English
- break loose English
- crackjaw English
- footloose English
- hog jaw English
- jaw English
- jaw-hole English
- jaw-twister English
- jawblock English
- jawbone English
- jawbox English
- jawbreaker English
- jawbreaking English
- jawfall English
- jawfallen English
- jawfish English
- jawfoot English
- jawless English
- jawlike English
- jawline English
- jawsmith English
- jawy English
- knifejaw English
- lockjaw English
- loose English
- loose-handed English
- loosefill English
- loosehead English
- looseleaf English
- loosely English
- loosen English
- looseness English
- looseth English
- loosey English
- loosish English
- outloose English
- overloose English
- trap-jaw ant English
- ultraloose English
- underjaw English
- unloose English
- ルーズ Japanese
- jawe Middle English
- loos Middle English
- zo Torres Strait Creole
- jaw
- jawy
- loose
- loosey
- jawbox
- loosen
- lockjaw
- jawless
- hog jaw
- jawbone
- jawfoot
- jawlike
- jawline
- looseth
- loosely
- unloose
- jawfish
- loosish
- jawfall
- jawblock
- knifejaw
- outloose
- jaw-hole
- jawsmith
- underjaw
- crackjaw
- loosefill
- loosehead
- overloose
- looseleaf
- jawfallen
- footloose
- looseness
- jawbreaker
- ultraloose
- bottle jaw
- break loose
- jawbreaking
- jaw-twister
- trap-jaw ant
- loose-handed