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man⋅di⋅ble

  [man-duh-buhl]
–noun
1. the bone of the lower jaw.
2. (in birds)
a. the lower part of the bill.
b. mandibles, the upper and lower parts of the bill.
3. (in arthropods) one of the first pair of mouthpart appendages, typically a jawlike biting organ, but styliform or setiform in piercing and sucking species.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < LL mandibula jaw, equiv. to mandi- (comb. form of L mandere to chew) + -bula n. suffix of means
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man·di·ble   (mān'də-bəl)   
n.  

  1. The lower jaw of a vertebrate animal.

  2. Either the upper or lower part of the beak in birds.

  3. Any of various mouth organs of invertebrates used for seizing and biting food, especially either of a pair of such organs in insects and other arthropods.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin mandibula, from Latin mandere, to chew.]
man·dib'u·lar (-dĭb'yə-lər) adj.
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Word Origin & History

mandible 
1548, "jaw, jawbone," from L.L. mandibula "jaw," from L. mandere "to chew." Of insect mouth parts from 1826.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: man·di·ble
Pronunciation: 'man-d&-b&l
Function: noun
1 a : JAW 1; especially : JAW 1b b : the lower jaw with its investing soft parts
2 : any of various invertebrate mouthparts serving to hold or bite food materials; especially : either member of the anterior pair of mouth appendages of anarthropod often forming strong biting jaws
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mandible man·di·ble (mān'də-bəl)
n.
A U-shaped bone forming the lower jaw, articulating with the temporal bone on either side. Also called submaxilla.

man·dib'u·lar (-dĭb'yə-lər) adj.

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Science Dictionary
mandible   (mān'də-bəl)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. The lower part of the jaw in vertebrate animals. See more at skeleton.

  2. One of the pincerlike mouthparts of insects and other arthropods.


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