mandibularyadj.
/manˈdɪbjʊləri/, U.S. /mænˈdɪbjəˌlɛri/ Anatomy and Zoology. rare.
= mandibular adj.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > jaws > [adjective]
jaweda1529
mandibulary1653
jawy1654
mandibular1654
jowled1861
the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [adjective] > jawbones > lower
mandibulary1653
mandibular1654
submaxillary1721
angular1802
mylohyoidean1838
mylohyoid1839
hyomandibular1875
hyostylic1880
tympanomandibular1891
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > of the jaw or chin > of the mandible
mandibular1816
mandibulous1835
mandibulary1880
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxxviii. 171 The mandibulary sinew, or nerve of the jaw.
1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 563 Two pairs of mandibulary barbels.
1982 Jrnl. Embryol. & Exper. Morphol. 70 215 The development of the mandibulary nerve was observed most easily.
1984 Jrnl. Ecol. 72 460 The mandibulary stylets serve as anchors to enable the maxillary stylets to be thrust deeper into the parenchyma cells.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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