Having a large mouth; characterized by a wide-opening mouth (often used in fish or animal descriptions).
A compound of 'great' (large) and 'mouthed' (from Old English 'muð'), primarily used in scientific or descriptive contexts to denote size characteristics of aquatic creatures.
This word shows up most in ichthyology (fish science) and zoology—scientists love compounds like this to describe exactly what they're looking at. A 'great-mouthed catfish' is instantly visual in a way 'large-mouthed catfish' somehow isn't!
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