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mandible

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmændɪbəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈmændəbəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(man′də bəl)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
man•di•ble /ˈmændəbəl/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Anatomythe bone part of the lower jaw of animals with backbones.
man•dib•u•lar /mænˈdɪbyəlɚ/USA pronunciation  adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
man•di•ble  (man′də bəl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Anatomythe bone of the lower jaw.
  2. Birds(in birds)
    • the lower part of the bill.
    • mandibles, the upper and lower parts of the bill.
  3. Invertebrates(in arthropods) one of the first pair of mouthpart appendages, typically a jawlike biting organ, but styliform or setiform in piercing and sucking species.
  • Late Latin mandibula jaw, equivalent. to mandi- (combining form of Latin mandere to chew) + -bula noun, nominal suffix of means
  • late Middle English 1375–1425

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mandible /ˈmændɪbəl/ n
  1. the lower jawbone in vertebrates
    See jaw
  2. either of a pair of mouthparts in insects and other arthropods that are usually used for biting and crushing food
  3. either the upper or the lower part of the bill, esp the lower part
Etymology: 16th Century: via Old French from Late Latin mandibula jaw, from mandere to chewmandibular /mænˈdɪbjʊlə/ adj mandibulate /mænˈdɪbjʊlɪt; -ˌleɪt/ n , adj
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