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[syn: lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone, jowl]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mandible \Man"di*ble\, n. [L. mandibula, mandibulum, fr. mandere
to chew. Cf. Manger.]
1. (Anat.) The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the
inferior maxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or
the lower jaw in the beak of birds.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) The anterior pair of mouth organs of insects,
crustaceaus, and related animals, whether adapted for
biting or not. See Illust. of Diptera.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mandible
n 1: the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
[syn: lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular
bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone, jowl]