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mandible
mandible is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the inferior maxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or the lower jaw in the beak of birds. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 3 senses
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- 1noun
The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the inferior maxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or the lower jaw in the beak of birds.
- 2noun
The anterior pair of mouth organs of insects, crustaceaus, and related animals, whether adapted for biting or not. See Illust. of Diptera.
- 3noun
the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
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