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mandible 1. the lower jawbone in vertebrates 2. either of a pair of mouthparts in insects and other arthropods that are usually used for biting and crushing food 3. Ornithol either the upper or the lower part of the bill, esp the lower part mandible [′man·də·bəl] (anatomy) The bone of the lower jaw. The lower jaw. (invertebrate zoology) Any of various mouthparts in many invertebrates designed to hold or bite into food. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They kept their bills wide open, and the lower mandible half buried in the water. To sum up, then; in the Right Whale's there is no great well of sperm; no ivory teeth at all; no long, slender mandible of a lower jaw, like the Sperm Whale's. How low in the scale of nature this law of battle descends, I know not; male alligators have been described as fighting, bellowing, and whirling round, like Indians in a war-dance, for the possession of the females; male salmons have been seen fighting all day long; male stag-beetles often bear wounds from the huge mandibles of other males. |
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