the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > head > mouth-parts or trophi > mandible(s) (5)
pl. The mandibles of an insect. Obs.
= mandible, n. 3. Now rare.
In insects, crustaceans, and certain other myriapods: either of the first set of paired appendages which form part of the mouthparts (anterior to the…