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Mandibulate

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Mandibulate is an adjective meaning Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.

Meaning

Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.

More Meanings

  1. (taxonomy) Any arthropod of the clade Mandibulata, comprising the arthropods with mandibles.
  2. To handle material using mandibles (or, in the case of birds, the bill).

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include arthropods, mouthparts, mandibulated, fanged, bigtooth, amblygnathous.

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