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mandibulate

mandibulate adjective: provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.

Adjective

mandibulate (not comparable)

  1. Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.

Noun

mandibulate (plural mandibulates)

  1. Any arthropod of the clade Mandibulata, comprising the arthropods with mandibles.

Verb

mandibulate (third-person singular simple present mandibulates, present participle mandibulating, simple past and past participle mandibulated)

  1. To handle material using mandibles (or, in the case of birds, the bill).

Forms of mandibulate

Noun
pluralmandibulates
Verb
third-person singular presentmandibulates
present participlemandibulating
past participlemandibulated
pastmandibulated

Origin of mandibulate

From Late Latin mandibula + English -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Borrowed from Translingual Mandibulata.

From Late Latin mandibula + English -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from mandibulate

Questions about mandibulate

What does mandibulate mean?
Mandibulate means provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.
What part of speech is mandibulate?
Mandibulate can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.

Words near mandibulate in the dictionary

  1. mandibular nerve
  2. mandibular nerves
  3. mandibular pheromone
  4. mandibular pheromones
  5. mandibulary
  6. mandibulate
  7. mandibulated
  8. mandibulates
  9. mandibulating
  10. mandibulation
  11. mandibulations

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