Crossword-Solution: MANDIBLE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Mandible | n. | 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. |
| Mandible | n. | The anterior pair of mouth organs of insects, crustaceaus, and related animals, whether adapted for biting or not. See Illust. of Diptera. |
We have 20 clues for the answer “MANDIBLE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| lower jawbone or jawlike part | 1 answer |
| Lower-jaw bone | 1 answer |
| JAWBONE, lower | 1 answer |
| It's under your chin | 1 answer |
| MAMMAL, lower jawbone of | 2 answers |
| Lower jawbone | 2 answers |
| JAW, lower | 2 answers |
| Jaw bone | 3 answers |
| Jawbone | 3 answers |
| Lower jaw | 4 answers |
| Jowl | 7 answers |
| A FULLNESS AND LOOSENESS OF THE FLESH OF THE LOWER CHEEK AND JAW | 10 answers |
| A LARGE MUSCLE THAT RAISES THE LOWER JAW AND IS USED IN CHEWING | 11 answers |
| HEAD bone | 12 answers |
| SKULL bone | 20 answers |
| INSECT, part of | 28 answers |
| BONE of the human body | 41 answers |
| Beak | 43 answers |
| Jaw | 48 answers |
| Bill | 97 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AEETR
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greedy person
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Sentences with MANDIBLE (5)
Lesson states that he has seen these birds opening the shells of the mactrae buried in the sand-banks on the coast of Chile: from their weak bills, with the lower mandible so much projecting, their short legs and long wings, it is very improbable that this can be a general habit.
The organ, in the greater number of cases, very closely resembles the head of a vulture; but the lower mandible can be opened much wider than in a real bird's beak.
When one of the vulture-like heads was cut off from the cell, the lower mandible retained its power of opening and closing.
Their movements varied according to the species; but in some I never saw the least motion; while others, with the lower mandible generally wide open, oscillated backwards and forwards at the rate of about five seconds each turn, others moved rapidly and by starts.
The upper mandible is furnished on each side (in the specimen examined by me) with a row or comb formed of 188 thin, elastic lamellæ, obliquely bevelled so as to be pointed, and placed transversely to the longer axis of the mouth.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP.
Used 16 times in crossword archives (1971–2018).