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JAW |
Mandible |
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JAWBONE |
Mandible |
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MANDIBULAR |
The principal mandibular bone; the mandible. |
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RHINOTHECA |
The sheath of the upper mandible of a bird. |
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GNATHOTHECA |
The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird. |
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EPIGNATHOUS |
Hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the
lower. |
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GENA |
The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird. |
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MAXILLO-MANDIBULAR |
Pertaining to the maxilla and mandible; as, the
maxillo-mandibular nerve. |
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MAXILLA |
The bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of
the lower jaw being the mandible. |
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SIPHONIUM |
A bony tube which, in some birds, connects the tympanium
with the air chambers of the articular piece of the mandible. |
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MANDIBULIFORM |
Having the form of a mandible; -- said especially of
the maxillae of an insect when hard and adapted for biting. |
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FALCON |
Any species of the genus Falco, distinguished by having a
toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus
trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game. |
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HYOSTYLIC |
Having the mandible suspended by the hyomandibular, or
upper part of the hyoid arch, as in fishes, instead of directly
articulated with the skull as in mammals; -- said of the skull. |
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HYOMANDIBULAR |
Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the
mandible or lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a
segment of the hyoid arch which ... |
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TOOTHBILL |
...Its beak
is stout and strongly hooked, and the mandible has two or three strong
teeth toward the end. Its color is chocolate red. Called also
... |
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SKIMMER |
...us
Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible
compressed and much longer than the upper one. These birds fly rapidly
along... |