ALL meanings of mandible
man·di·ble
M m - noun mandible The jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes. 1
- noun mandible jaw bone 1
- noun mandible the bone of the lower jaw. 1
- noun mandible the lower part of the bill. mandibles, the upper and lower parts of the bill. 1
- noun mandible (in arthropods) one of the first pair of mouthpart appendages, typically a jawlike biting organ, but styliform or setiform in piercing and sucking species. 1
- noun mandible The lower jaw, especially the lower jawbone. 0
- noun mandible One of a pair of mouthparts of an arthropod designed for holding food. 0
- countable noun mandible A mandible is the bone in the lower jaw of a person or animal. 0
- countable noun mandible An insect's mandibles are the two parts of its mouth which it uses for biting, similar to an animal's jaws. 0
- noun mandible the lower jawbone in vertebrates 0
- noun mandible either of a pair of mouthparts in insects and other arthropods that are usually used for biting and crushing food 0
- noun mandible either the upper or the lower part of the bill, esp the lower part 0
- noun mandible the jaw 0
- noun mandible the lower jaw of a vertebrate 0
- noun mandible either of a pair of biting jaws of an insect or other arthropod 0
- noun mandible either jaw of a beaked animal, as a cephalopod 0