Definitions for mandibles

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mandibles man·di·ble

Spelling: [man-duh-buh l]

IPA: /ˈmæn də bəl/

Mandibles is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 868 anagrams from letters in mandibles (abdeilmns).

Definitions for mandibles

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 mandibles

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 mandibles

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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