mandible

English

Alternative forms

• mandibula

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin mandibula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmændɪb(ə)l/, /ˈmændəb(ə)l/

Noun

mandible (plural mandibles)

1. The lower jaw, especially the lower jawbone.
2. One of a pair of mouthparts of an arthropod, designed for holding food.

Synonyms

• (lower jaw): dentary, dentary bone, inferior maxillary bone, jawbone, submaxilla

Derived terms

Derived terms

• mandibular
• mandibulate

• mandibuliform
• mandibulohyoid

Translations

lower jaw

• Catalan: mandíbula f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 下頜／下颌 (xiàhé), 下颌 (xiàhé), 下頜骨／下颌骨 (zh) (xiàhégǔ), 下颌骨 (zh) (xiàhégǔ)

• Czech: dolní čelist f
• Dutch: onderkaak (nl) f
• Estonian: alalõualuu (jawbone)
• Finnish: alaleuka (fi), leuka (fi), (jawbone) alaleuanluu (fi)
• German: Unterkiefer (de) m, (jawbone) Unterkieferknochen (de) m
• Greek: κάτω γνάθος f (káto gnáthos)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: mandibel
• Navajo: ayaatsʼiin
• Polish: żuchwa (pl) f
• Portuguese: mandíbula (pt) f, queixada (pt) f
• Russian: нижняя (nižnjaja) че́люсть (čéljustʹ) (nížnjaja čéljustʹ) f
• Scottish Gaelic: pìos ìosal a' ghuib m
• Slovak: sánka (sk)
• Spanish: mandíbula (es) f, quijada (es) f
• Tagalog: babasihang
• Telugu: హనువు (te) (hanuvu)

mouthpart of an arthropod

• Catalan: mandíbula f
• Czech: kusadlo (cs) n
• Dutch: kaak (nl) f
• Finnish: leukaraaja
• German: Mandibel (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: δαγκάνα (el) f (dagkána)
• Malay: mandibel
• Russian: манди́була (ru) f (mandíbula)
• Slovak: hryzadlo
• Spanish: mandíbula (es) f

See also

• jowl