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mandibulate

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Meaning

  1. adjective Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.
  2. noun Any arthropod of the clade Mandibulata, comprising the arthropods with mandibles.
  3. verb To handle material using mandibles (or, in the case of birds, the bill).

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