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mandible

[man-duh-buhl] / ˈmæn də bəl /


NOUN
bill
Synonyms


NOUN
jowl
Synonyms


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Holding your mandible in place with your hands, or one of Kim Kardashian’s Skims Seamless Sculpt Face Wraps™, is prohibited.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025

The county medical examiner’s office tried for years to find the owner of the errant piece of mandible, but their DNA databases turned up no matches.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2024

“It’s a convincing case,” Ward says, “but it’s just one mandible until about 2 million years ago,” when at least two members of the genus, Homo habilis and H. erectus, appear elsewhere in eastern Africa.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 3, 2024

Prior to this finding, only a piece of a mandible and few additional remains had been found for this species related to living marsupials such as kangaroos, koalas, or opossums.

From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2023

The bird here figured belongs to that division which forms a transition to the Sylvi�, from which they are readily distinguished by the thickened base of the under mandible.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William




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