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Undershot   Listen
adjective
Undershot  adj.  
1.
(Zool.) Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.
2.
Moved by water passing beneath; said of a water wheel, and opposed to overshot; as, an undershot wheel.





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"Undershot" Quotes from Famous Books



... common deformities of the jaw and teeth are the overshot or parrot-mouth, the undershot or lantern-jaw, and the scissor-mouth. These different deformities result in unequal wear on the table surfaces of the incisors and molars. In both the overshot and undershot jaws, the incisor teeth ...
— Common Diseases of Farm Animals • R. A. Craig, D. V. M.


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