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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024man•dib•u•lar (man dib′yə lər),USA pronunciation adj. - Anatomypertaining to or of the nature of a mandible.
- Late Latin mandibul(a) mandible + -ar1
- 1645–55
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024man•di•ble /ˈmændəbəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- 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 © 2024man•di•ble (man′də bəl),USA pronunciation n. - Anatomythe bone of the lower jaw.
- Birds(in birds)
- the lower part of the bill.
- mandibles, the upper and lower parts of the bill.
- 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
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