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单词 mandible
释义 mandible
 /man"deuh beuhl/,  n.  
  1. the bone of the lower jaw.
  2. (in birds)
   a. the lower part of the bill.
   b. mandibles, the upper and lower parts of the bill.
  3. (in arthropods) one of the first pair of mouthpart appendages, typically a jawlike biting organ, but styliform or setiform in piercing and sucking species.
 [1375-1425; late ME < LL mandibula jaw, equiv. to mandi- (comb. form of L mandere to chew) + -bula n. suffix of means]
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