Definitions for mandible

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mandible man·di·ble

Spelling: [man-duh-buh l]

IPA: /ˈmæn də bəl/

Mandible is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 451 anagrams from letters in mandible (abdeilmn).

Definitions for mandible

noun

1. the bone of the lower jaw.
2. the lower part of the bill. 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.

Origin of mandible

1375-1425; late Middle English Late Latin mandibula jaw, equivalent to mandi- (combining form of Latin mandere to chew) + -bula noun suffix of means

Examples for mandible

The mandible has a distinct splenial, and the articular is ossified.

In such crania the mandible is wanting, and the teeth are wanting.

The rami of the mandible are united only by an extremely elastic ligament.

Mala mandibularis: the grinding surface or area of a mandible.

The mandible is massive, and has a very high ascending portion.

Adductor mandibulae: the muscle that draws in or closes the mandible.

But the mandible is wanting, and the molar teeth of the upper set are absent.

In their massiveness they are unsurpassed save by the mandible from Mauer.

The rami of the mandible are not ankylosed together in front.

The premaxill and the end of the mandible are greatly expanded.