Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A malocclusion in which the lower teeth overlap the upper teeth.
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- noun A
malocclusion , in which the lower teeth extend past the upper ones
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Examples
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A stop at Crescent Street and Hoyt Avenue brings her Louise, a little Frenchie with a large underbite.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Canines' Constant Companion Nancy Ruhling 2011
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They jut from girls 'lids like an underbite, fanning the air in great whips of painted wind, and they form the fluttering basis of a trend spreading faster than conjunctivitis.
Up front: Eva Wiseman Eva Wiseman 2010
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A suited man creeps from the edge of a crooked house smiling at her in an underbite.
Oaxaca Dreamland Greg Davis 2011
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Face Mask What It ' s For: A severe anterior crossbite, or underbite with the lower jaw outgrowing the upper jaw
The 8-Year-Old With a Perfect Smile Nancy Keates 2010
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But until Friday, nobody had seen what Bill Cox and his co-workers saw — something with a devilish underbite, sinister eyes and a cold-blooded appetite.
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Before I can swoon, he adds, helpfully: “And she has your underbite.”
Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010
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Fiona chewed on her green Thinking Pencil with the fierceness and underbite of a bulldog.
Fiona Finkelstein Meets Her Match!! Shawn K. Stout 2010
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Braces What They ' re For: An anterior crossbite, when one or more teeth on top are behind teeth on the bottom (an underbite); buck teeth (an overbite); crooked teeth; spacing.
The 8-Year-Old With a Perfect Smile Nancy Keates 2010
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She would always think that her eldest son was absolutely perfect, for all that he had inherited the squashed nose of the Tornabuoni family and the infamous underbite of the Medici.
The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010
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Before I can swoon, he adds, helpfully: “And she has your underbite.”
Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010
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