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.
A person has two jaws, a maxillary (upper) and a mandibular (lower). The teeth in these jaws are called either maxillary or mandibular teeth. The combination of natural teeth and supporting alveolar bone that is found in an upper or a lower jaw is called a dental arch . When natural teeth are extracted, the healed alveolar process is called the residual ridge.