With the argus pheasant they represent the largest, most dramatically colored and longest tailed birds of the pheasant family Phasianidae. The peacock is a popular zoological specimen but has a typically raucous voice and is frequently muted surgically.
Definitions for lantern jaw. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word lantern jaw. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: lantern jaw(noun) a long thin lower jaw.
The mandible, lower jaw or jawbone (from Latin mandibula, jawbone) is the largest, strongest and lowest bone in the face. It forms the lower jaw and holds the lower teeth in place. The mandible sits beneath the maxilla. The bone is formed from a fusion of left and right processes, and the point where these sides join, the mandibular symphysis, is still visible as a faint ridge in the midline.