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mandible
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural mandibles
plural mandibles
Learner's definition of MANDIBLE
[count]
1
: jawbone
2
: either the upper or lower part of a bird's beak（鸟的）上喙，下喙
3
: a part of an insect's mouth that looks like a jaw and is often used for biting things（昆虫的）颚
mandible
noun
man·di·ble ˈman-də-bəl 
1
a
: jaw sense 1a
especially : a lower jaw consisting of a single bone or of completely fused bones
b
: the lower jaw with its investing soft parts
c
: either the upper or lower segment of the bill of a bird
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The bees soon cut several holes in the leaves of each plant using their mandibles and proboscises. 
Jim Daley, Scientific American, 21 May 2020 The head is a compact black bullet from which emerge long thick spikes of hair, two segmented antennae, and clamp-like mandibles. Daisy Alioto, The New York Review of Books, 27 Mar. 2020 Other characteristics are difficult to tell from the fossil, but Fikáček says that one clue is what the 2012 authors believed were visible mandibles, or lower jaws, characteristic of rove beetles. Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 10 Sep. 2019 So far, the researchers have identified 51 mammoth mandibles and 64 skulls, the researchers said. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Mar. 2020 The university says the 365 bones were brought back to land Thursday, including 18-foot-long mandibles and a skull weighing 6,500 pounds. USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2019 Up to an inch and a half long, the hornet is equipped with powerful mandibles capable of shearing smaller insects to pieces. National Geographic, 8 Feb. 2020 All 365 of those bones were brought back to land Thursday, including 18-foot-long mandibles and a skull weighing 6,500 pounds, according to a statement from the university. BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2019 All 365 of those bones were brought back to land Thursday, including 18-foot-long (5.5-meter-long) mandibles and a skull weighing 6,500 pounds (2,900 kilograms), according to a statement from the university. Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2019 See More
Jim Daley, Scientific American, 21 May 2020 The head is a compact black bullet from which emerge long thick spikes of hair, two segmented antennae, and clamp-like mandibles. Daisy Alioto, The New York Review of Books, 27 Mar. 2020 Other characteristics are difficult to tell from the fossil, but Fikáček says that one clue is what the 2012 authors believed were visible mandibles, or lower jaws, characteristic of rove beetles. Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 10 Sep. 2019 So far, the researchers have identified 51 mammoth mandibles and 64 skulls, the researchers said. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Mar. 2020 The university says the 365 bones were brought back to land Thursday, including 18-foot-long mandibles and a skull weighing 6,500 pounds. USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2019 Up to an inch and a half long, the hornet is equipped with powerful mandibles capable of shearing smaller insects to pieces. National Geographic, 8 Feb. 2020 All 365 of those bones were brought back to land Thursday, including 18-foot-long mandibles and a skull weighing 6,500 pounds, according to a statement from the university. BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2019 All 365 of those bones were brought back to land Thursday, including 18-foot-long (5.5-meter-long) mandibles and a skull weighing 6,500 pounds (2,900 kilograms), according to a statement from the university. Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Late Latin mandibula, from Latin mandere to chew; probably akin to Greek masasthai to chew
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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