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