Mandibles Synonyms

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Synonyms for Mandibles

jowls
The cheek
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submaxillae
The lower jaw or jawbone
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jaws
The mouth
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beaks
The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
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mouths
The mouth regarded as the organ of chewing and tasting
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bones
(Countable) Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.
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Mandibles Sentence Examples

  • In most insects that feed by suction the mandibles are modified.

  • Biting mandibles; second maxillae completely fused.

  • The abdomen is oval, sandy-grey in hue and beset with warts and bristles; the prothorax forms a mobile neck for the large square head, which carries a pair of long and powerful toothed mandibles.

  • There are about 600 species in the family, the males being usually larger than the females, and remarkable for the size of their mandibles.

  • The mandibles are strong, adapted for biting the vegetable substances on which these beetles feed, and the palps of the second maxillae have three segments.

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