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adj
Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
Any arthropod of the clade Mandibulata, comprising the arthropods with mandibles.
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
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verb
To handle material using mandibles (or, in the case of birds, the bill).
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adjective
having mandibles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree Latin mandō Proto-Indo-European *-dhlomder. Latin -bula Late Latin mandibula Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English mandibulate From Late Latin mandibula + English -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Borrowed from Translingual Mandibulata.
Etymology tree Latin mandō Proto-Indo-European *-dhlomder. Latin -bula Late Latin mandibula Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English mandibulate From Late Latin mandibula + English -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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