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mandible
[ man-duh-buhl ]
noun
- the bone of the lower jaw.
- (in birds)
- the lower part of the bill.
- mandibles, the upper and lower parts of the bill.
- (in arthropods) one of the first pair of mouthpart appendages, typically a jawlike biting organ, but styliform or setiform in piercing and sucking species.
mandible
/ ˈmændɪbəl; mænˈdɪbjʊlɪt; -ˌleɪt; mænˈdɪbjʊlə /
noun
- the lower jawbone in vertebrates See jaw
- either of a pair of mouthparts in insects and other arthropods that are usually used for biting and crushing food
- ornithol either the upper or the lower part of the bill, esp the lower part
mandible
/ măn′də-bəl /
- The lower part of the jaw in vertebrate animals.
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- One of the pincerlike mouthparts of insects and other arthropods.
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Derived Forms
- mandibular, adjective
- mandibulate, nounadjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mandible1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mandible1
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Example Sentences
The peculiarity of their beak consists in the lower mandible being considerably longer than the other into which it shuts.
The insertion is tendinous on the dorsal surface of the lower mandible in common with the dorsal aponeurosis of pars profundus.
The most dorsal aponeurosis inserts on a tubercle at the posterior tip of the dorsal edge of the mandible.
The stripe p. 160corresponding to the deep yellow stripe on the upper mandible is sky blue.
In Lethrus F. in the female, but not the male, the mandible is armed below with a long incurved horn.
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