mandible

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  1. noun The lower jaw of a vertebrate animal.
  2. noun Either the upper or lower part of the beak in birds.
  3. noun Any of various mouth organs of invertebrates used for seizing and biting food, especially either of a pair of such organs in insects and other arthropods.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin mandibula, from Latin mandere, to chew.

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  1. = French mandibule = Spanish mandíbula = Italian mandibula, mandibola, from New Latin mandibula, mandible, from Late Latin mandibula, feminine, also mandibulum, n., a jaw, from Latin mandere, chew, masticate.
  2. Prop. mandable; from mand + -able.
 

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/ˈmændɪbl/
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