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mandible (encz) | mandible,sanice n: Zdeněk Brož |
Mandible (gcide) | 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.
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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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mandible (wn) | 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] |
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coronoid process of the mandible (encz) | coronoid process of the mandible, n: |
mandible (encz) | mandible,sanice n: Zdeněk Brož |
mandibles (encz) | mandibles,čelisti n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
coronoid process of the mandible (wn) | coronoid process of the mandible
n 1: the coronoid process that provides an attachment for the
temporal muscle |
mandible (wn) | 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] |
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