the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to a mandible; like a mandible.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a mandible.
In mammalogy, the more or less upright proximal part of either half of the mandible, as distinguished from the body or horizontal part of the same bone.
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adj. relating to the lower jaw
Word Usage
"All these animals are united by subtle skull features, such as the absence of a hole in the lower jaw called the mandibular fenestra and the flat, wrinkle-cusped teeth set along the jaws."