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mandibulate

The English word “mandibulate” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.

noun

  1. Any arthropod of the clade Mandibulata, comprising the arthropods with mandibles.

verb

  1. To handle material using mandibles (or, in the case of birds, the bill).

Etymology

From Late Latin mandibula + English -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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