"mandible" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmæn.dɪb.əl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-mandible.wav [US] Forms: mandibles [plural]
Rhymes: -ændɪbəl Etymology: From late Middle English, from Late Latin mandibula (“a jaw”), from mandō (“to chew, masticate”) + -bula (instrument noun suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|LL.|mandibula||a jaw}} Late Latin mandibula (“a jaw”), {{af|la|mandō|-bula|nocat=1|pos2=instrument noun suffix|t1=to chew, masticate}} mandō (“to chew, masticate”) + -bula (instrument noun suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mandible (plural mandibles)
  1. (anatomy, zootomy)
    The jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes.
    Categories (topical): Anatomy, Skeleton Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Synonyms: dentary, dentary bone, inferior maxillary bone, jawbone, lower jaw, submaxilla Translations (lower jaw): mandíbula [feminine] (Catalan), 下頜 (Chinese Mandarin), 下颌 (alt: xiàhé, xiàgé (Taiwan)) (Chinese Mandarin), 下頜骨 (Chinese Mandarin), 下颌骨 (alt: xiàhégǔ, xiàgégǔ (Taiwan)) (Chinese Mandarin), dolní čelist [feminine] (Czech), sanice [feminine] (Czech), onderkaak [feminine] (Dutch), mandiblo (Esperanto), alalõualuu (english: jawbone) (Estonian), alaleuka (Finnish), leuka (Finnish), alaleuanluu (english: jawbone) (Finnish), mandibule [feminine] (French), Unterkiefer [masculine] (German), Unterkieferknochen (english: jawbone) [masculine] (German), κάτω γνάθος (káto gnáthos) [feminine] (Greek), állkapocscsont (Hungarian), neðri kjálki [masculine] (Icelandic), mandibola [feminine] (Italian), apakšžoklis [masculine] (Latvian), mandibel (Malay), ayaatsʼiin (Navajo), żuchwa [feminine] (Polish), mandíbula [feminine] (Portuguese), queixada [feminine] (Portuguese), ни́жняя че́люсть (nížnjaja čéljustʹ) [feminine] (Russian), pìos ìosal a' ghuib [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), sánka (Slovak), mandíbula [feminine] (Spanish), quijada [feminine] (Spanish), underkäke [common-gender] (Swedish), mandibel [common-gender] (Swedish), babasihang (Tagalog), హనువు (hanuvu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-mandible-en-noun-h8B-4Ynq Disambiguation of Skeleton: 38 21 21 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 17 25 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 19 21 21 Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy Disambiguation of 'lower jaw': 89 7 2 2
  2. (anatomy, zootomy)
    Either of the upper and lower segments of a bird's beak.
    Categories (topical): Anatomy Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts
    Sense id: en-mandible-en-noun-JeF5zNWJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 17 25 26 Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy
  3. (anatomy, zootomy)
    Any of various invertebrate mouthparts serving to hold or bite food materials.
    Categories (topical): Anatomy Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts
    Sense id: en-mandible-en-noun-CYzg8O7p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 17 25 26 Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy
  4. (anatomy, zootomy)
    Any of various invertebrate mouthparts serving to hold or bite food materials.
    One of the anterior pair of mouthparts of an arthropod, designed for holding and cutting food.
    Categories (topical): Anatomy Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Translations (mouthpart of an arthropod): kaak (Afrikaans), mandíbula [feminine] (Catalan), kusadlo [neuter] (Czech), kaak [feminine] (Dutch), leukaraaja (Finnish), Mandibel [feminine] (German), δαγκάνα (dagkána) [feminine] (Greek), mandibel (Malay), манди́була (mandíbula) [feminine] (Russian), hryzadlo (Slovak), mandíbula [feminine] (Spanish), käke [common-gender] (Swedish), mandibel [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-mandible-en-noun-yYJiGYcD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 17 25 26 Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy Disambiguation of 'mouthpart of an arthropod': 9 3 20 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mandibula Derived forms: hemimandible, mandibular, mandibulate, mandibulous, micromandible Related terms: mandibulary, mange, manger, jowl

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      "sense": "lower jaw",
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      "sense": "lower jaw",
      "word": "alalõualuu"
    },
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      "sense": "lower jaw",
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lower jaw",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lower jaw",
      "word": "alaleuanluu"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "mandibule"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lower jaw",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Unterkiefer"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Unterkieferknochen"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "lower jaw",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "lower jaw",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "apakšžoklis"
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      "sense": "lower jaw",
      "word": "ayaatsʼiin"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lower jaw",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "żuchwa"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "lower jaw",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mandíbula"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lower jaw",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "lower jaw",
      "tags": [
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      "roman": "hanuvu",
      "sense": "lower jaw",
      "word": "హనువు"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "nl",
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    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "sv",
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