单词 | parrot mouth |
释义 | > as lemmasparrot mouth parrot mouth n. Veterinary Medicine a malformation of the mouth, esp. in horses, in which the mandible is abnormally short and the upper incisors project beyond the lower. ΚΠ 1869 R. F. Burton Explor. Highlands Brazil I. viii. 97 All [the horses] were in good condition..there are no ‘parrot mouths’. 1968 Observer's Bk. Horses & Ponies (rev. ed.) Gloss. 262 Undershot mouth, one which is deformed by having the lower jaw protruding beyond the upper with results similar to those caused by parrot mouth. 2002 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 2 Aug. 5 Ewe lambs must be free of parrot mouth, foot rot and scrapie. < as lemmas |
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