mandible

2 definitions found

mandible - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mandible \Man"di*ble\, n. [L. mandibula, mandibulum, fr. mandere
     to chew. Cf. Manger.]
     1. (Anat.) The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the
        inferior maxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or
        the lower jaw in the beak of birds.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) The anterior pair of mouth organs of insects,
        crustaceaus, and related animals, whether adapted for
        biting or not. See Illust. of Diptera.
        [1913 Webster]

mandible - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mandible
      n 1: the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
           [syn: lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone
           , submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone, jowl]