Mandible
noun
The jaw or jawbone, specifically the lower one in mammals and fishes.
The X-ray showed that he had broken his mandible in two places.
Often appears as...
- lower mandible
- mandible bone
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Formal
Academic
noun
In insects, spiders, and certain other animals, a pair of appendages near the mouth used for eating, biting or cutting.
The mandible of a spider is capable of injecting venom into its prey.
Often appears as...
- rigid mandible
- insect mandible
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
The jaw or jawbone, specifically the lower one in mammals and fishes.
The X-ray showed that he had broken his mandible in two places.
Often appears as...
- lower mandible
- mandible bone
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
In insects, spiders, and certain other animals, a pair of appendages near the mouth used for eating, biting or cutting.
The mandible of a spider is capable of injecting venom into its prey.
Often appears as...
- rigid mandible
- insect mandible
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Biology Texts
The term 'mandible' is commonly used in biology and medical fields when studying human or animal anatomy.
Biology textbooks often have detailed diagrams of the mandible and other bones.
Pro Tip 2/3Injury Description
'Mandible' may be used when describing facial injuries in a clinical or detailed setting.
The boxer suffered a dislocated mandible during the match.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Human Usage
In zoology, 'mandible' may describe the jaw of mammals and fish, not birds or reptiles.
Sharks have a very strong mandible that can crush shells.
Pro Tip 1/3Biology Texts
The term 'mandible' is commonly used in biology and medical fields when studying human or animal anatomy.
Biology textbooks often have detailed diagrams of the mandible and other bones.
Pro Tip 2/3Injury Description
'Mandible' may be used when describing facial injuries in a clinical or detailed setting.
The boxer suffered a dislocated mandible during the match.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Human Usage
In zoology, 'mandible' may describe the jaw of mammals and fish, not birds or reptiles.
Sharks have a very strong mandible that can crush shells.
Pro Tip 1/3Biology Texts
The term 'mandible' is commonly used in biology and medical fields when studying human or animal anatomy.
Biology textbooks often have detailed diagrams of the mandible and other bones.
Pro Tip 2/3Injury Description
'Mandible' may be used when describing facial injuries in a clinical or detailed setting.
The boxer suffered a dislocated mandible during the match.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Human Usage
In zoology, 'mandible' may describe the jaw of mammals and fish, not birds or reptiles.
Sharks have a very strong mandible that can crush shells.
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The loathsome, lethal...
Then the bug will use its serrated mandibles to carve a little hole in your skin, allowing it to probe around with its proboscis, searching for a blood vessel. When it hits one, the lucky parasite can suck two to three times its weight in blood. Turns out we don't really like that too much. In fact, humans hate mosquitos so much that we spend billions of dollars worldwide
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How a dragonfly's brain...
I have a mesh cage to catch the dragonflies. The more I worked with them, the more terrified I got of them. They're actually very scary, especially under a microscope. They have really sharp mandibles, are generally pretty aggressive, which I guess also helps them to be really good predators. In order to learn what's going on inside the dragonfly's brain
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Spotting the World's...
They can fly really well. So these guys, as you can see from these huge mandibles are ferocious predators. They will hunt things like caterpillars, spiders, ants, And what they'll do is lay their eggs in sandy burrows. And the larvae will hatch out into those, and then they become ambush predators.
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Safari Live - Day 174 PIPE...
what fab you need to do is you show us a different impala chewin you've got some work to do and we find out is it chewing this way can you say this is tuned anti-clockwise let's see if we get another one here it's a searching and clockwise right it's likes moving the lower mandible to
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See First Fossil...
said one hand I think people trying to keep that professional image on the other hand is like we have been working our whole life for this moment I can't be professional what are you talking about the first fossil that came up out of the cave was the mandible with the
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Squeezing Through Rocky...
you because you're deep underground and my headlamp was picking up flashes of bone just here and there and everywhere and we'd realize that we had more than one individual and we'll put pin number one right beside the mandible and that's
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T. Rex's Bone-Crushing...
engineering lab a dinosaur comes to life shaped from an aluminum cast and equipped with a pressure driven mandible this skull scaled down by 1/3 was built to depict the new science of dinosaurs in a dramatic style the discovery of
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Part Ape, Part Human:...
mandible clavicle proximal humerus scapula it's got to be this child I still didn't say anything now I put my hand on the rock and two hominid teeth fell out of the dirt on the surface into my hand and then I said something and
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Attack of the Killer...
it's infected brain directs this ant upwards then utterly disorientated it grips a stem with its mandibles those afflicted that are discovered by the workers are quickly taken away and dumped far away from the colony
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Ants vs Crab PIPE Natural...
its weak points one group examines the legs and claws for a weigh-in this has its dangers they search for the vulnerable joints and hack their way into the leg using knife-like mandibles they slice away the
Video examples
The loathsome, lethal...
Then the bug will use its serrated mandibles to carve a little hole in your skin, allowing it to probe around with its proboscis, searching for a blood vessel. When it hits one, the lucky parasite can suck two to three times its weight in blood. Turns out we don't really like that too much. In fact, humans hate mosquitos so much that we spend billions of dollars worldwide
Video examples
How a dragonfly's brain...
I have a mesh cage to catch the dragonflies. The more I worked with them, the more terrified I got of them. They're actually very scary, especially under a microscope. They have really sharp mandibles, are generally pretty aggressive, which I guess also helps them to be really good predators. In order to learn what's going on inside the dragonfly's brain
Video examples
Spotting the World's...
They can fly really well. So these guys, as you can see from these huge mandibles are ferocious predators. They will hunt things like caterpillars, spiders, ants, And what they'll do is lay their eggs in sandy burrows. And the larvae will hatch out into those, and then they become ambush predators.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 174 PIPE...
what fab you need to do is you show us a different impala chewin you've got some work to do and we find out is it chewing this way can you say this is tuned anti-clockwise let's see if we get another one here it's a searching and clockwise right it's likes moving the lower mandible to
Video examples
See First Fossil...
said one hand I think people trying to keep that professional image on the other hand is like we have been working our whole life for this moment I can't be professional what are you talking about the first fossil that came up out of the cave was the mandible with the
Video examples
Squeezing Through Rocky...
you because you're deep underground and my headlamp was picking up flashes of bone just here and there and everywhere and we'd realize that we had more than one individual and we'll put pin number one right beside the mandible and that's
Video examples
T. Rex's Bone-Crushing...
engineering lab a dinosaur comes to life shaped from an aluminum cast and equipped with a pressure driven mandible this skull scaled down by 1/3 was built to depict the new science of dinosaurs in a dramatic style the discovery of
Video examples
Part Ape, Part Human:...
mandible clavicle proximal humerus scapula it's got to be this child I still didn't say anything now I put my hand on the rock and two hominid teeth fell out of the dirt on the surface into my hand and then I said something and
Video examples
Attack of the Killer...
it's infected brain directs this ant upwards then utterly disorientated it grips a stem with its mandibles those afflicted that are discovered by the workers are quickly taken away and dumped far away from the colony
Video examples
Ants vs Crab PIPE Natural...
its weak points one group examines the legs and claws for a weigh-in this has its dangers they search for the vulnerable joints and hack their way into the leg using knife-like mandibles they slice away the
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Quote examples
Dan Fogler
American Comedian
Mars Needs Moms' was motion capture, where you walk into a space that's essentially a black box with cameras everywhere. It was so technical. You have these mandibles with cameras on your face and a helmet, and you have to hit certain marks. You couldn't shoot this stuff without the green-screen aspect.
Quote examples
Dan Fogler
American Comedian
Mars Needs Moms' was motion capture, where you walk into a space that's essentially a black box with cameras everywhere. It was so technical. You have these mandibles with cameras on your face and a helmet, and you have to hit certain marks. You couldn't shoot this stuff without the green-screen aspect.
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