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# mandible

«mandible» in Mova's school dictionary: **the lower jawbone** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a mandible, mandibles)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The mandible is the lower jawbone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mandible/#m1)

2) Mandibles are the biting mouthparts of insects such as ants and beetles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mandible/#m2)

3) In birds, the mandibles are the two parts of the beak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mandible/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Met in science lessons on skeletons, teeth and insects. It is the scientific word for jaw.

### examples

- The mandible is the only bone in the skull that moves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mandible/#x1)
- Ants carry leaves in their mandibles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mandible/#x2)
- The stag beetle has huge mandibles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mandible/#x3)
- The dentist looked at an X-ray of my mandible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mandible/#x4)
- A parrot's lower mandible fits inside its upper one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mandible/#x5)
- The fossil had a strong mandible with sharp teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mandible/#x6)

### note

Plural: mandibles. «Mandible» is the scientific word; in everyday talk, say «jaw». Upper jaw: maxilla.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mandible» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mandible/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.