mandible

• mandibula

From late Middle English, from Late Latin mandibula (“a jaw”), from mandō (“to chew, masticate”) +‎ -bula (instrument noun suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæn.dɪb.əl/

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• Rhymes: -ændɪbəl

mandible (plural mandibles)

1. (anatomy, zootomy)
   2. The jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes.

      Coordinate term: maxilla

   3. Either of the upper and lower segments of a bird's beak.
   4. Any of various invertebrate mouthparts serving to hold or bite food materials.
      1. One of the anterior pair of mouthparts of an arthropod, designed for holding and cutting food.

• (jawbone): dentary, dentary bone, inferior maxillary bone, jawbone, lower jaw, submaxilla
• (invertibrate mouthpart): fang (obsolete)

• mandibulary
• mange
• manger

• jowl

• “mandible”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “mandible”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.