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Definition of Mandibles
1. mandible [n] - See also: mandible
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mandibles
Literary usage of Mandibles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Biting mandibles. Wings of both pairs closely alike; firm and glassy in ...
mandibles and first maxillae modified as piercers; second maxillae fused to form ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The mandibles or jaws of the first pair are the most anterior of the ...
ganglion of the cord supplies the mandibles and ..."
3. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1899)
"Eyes round or rounded 13 Eyes ovate, oval, or elliptical ; mandibles not excised
beneath. Head very large, quadrate, about twice as wide as the thorax, ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1866)
"If it is probable that it is always with their mandibles that ... way by its
mandibles, gnawing the woody substance or other hard bodies which it meets with ..."
5. British Oribatidæ by Albert Davidson Michael (1884)
"The mandibles are well known by that name, but Haller somewhat disputes its
correctness, and says that they are not true mandibles; he calls them the first ..."
6. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The upper jaws are called the mandibles; Fig- 53-—Mouth-parts of a locust: la,
lab- rum ;md, mandible; mx, maxilla; h, hypo- pharynx; /, labium. the lower ..."
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