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.
temÂ·poÂ·raÂ·lis (musÂ·cle). superiormost masticatory muscle; origin, temporal fossa; insertion, coronoid process of mandible and anterior border of ramus; action elevates mandible (closes jaw); its posterior, nearly horizontally-oriented fibers are the primary retractors of the protruded mandible.rigin, temporal fossa; insertion, coronoid process of mandible and anterior border of ramus; action, elevates mandible (closes jaw); its posterior, nearly horizontally-oriented fibers are the primary retractors of the protruded mandible; nerve supply, deep temporal branches of mandibular division of trigeminal.