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What does orthognathous mean?

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  1. (anatomy) straight-jawed
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Our phylogenetic results imply that an orthognathous larva belongs to the groundplan of Holometabola, with compound eyes and well-developed thoracic legs, externally feeding on plants or fungi.
Skulls with the gnathic index below 98 are orthognathous, from 98 to 103 mesognathous, and above 103 are prognathous.
Our phylogenetic results suggest that the ancestral larva of Holometabola was terrestrial, orthognathous, equipped with moderately simplified but distinctly developed compound eyes, and well developed thoracic legs.
At its northeastern end is the most round-headed, orthognathous, straight-haired, and yellow-skinned race.

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