mandible
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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
The Gomphotheriidae mandible was found to be equally suited for cutting plants growing in all directions.
From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2023
Bill short, thick, very strong, covered at the base by a cere; upper mandible sharply hooked; under mandible obtuse, curving upwards, and much shorter.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
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