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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
The lower part of the jaw in vertebrate animals.
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One of the pincerlike mouthparts of insects and other arthropods.
Other 51Թ Forms
- mandibular adjective
- mandibulate noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mandible1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mandible1
Example Sentences
Its body is predominantly metallic blue, except for the antennae, mandibles, and legs.
The county medical examiner’s office tried for years to find the owner of the errant piece of mandible, but their DNA databases turned up no matches.
“It’s a convincing case,” Ward says, “but it’s just one mandible until about 2 million years ago,” when at least two members of the genus, Homo habilis and H. erectus, appear elsewhere in eastern Africa.
Their hunting expeditions are dangerous because termite soldiers defend their conspecifics -- and use their powerful mandibles to do so.
To construct the feeding behaviours and determine the relation between the mandible and trunk, the team examined the crania and lower jaws of the three groups, sourced from three different museums.
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