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 jaw is a part of the buccal cavity that is critical to the chewing of food. It is made up of a fixed upper jawbone, known as the maxala, and a mobile lower jawbone, known as the mandible. Together these two parts move back and forth to facilitate the tearing and chewing of food by the teeth.