a. [f. Fr. eurygnathe (f. Gr. εὐρύ-ς broad + γνάθ-ος jaw) + -OUS.] Having a broad upper-jaw.
1878. Bartley, trans. Topinard’s Anthrop., II. i. 201. The second, a Mongolian, with the face broad, in consequence of the prominence of the cheek-bones (eurygnathous).
