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Mandibulated   Listen
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Mandibulated, Mandibulate  adj.  (Zool.) Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... mandibles, sucking out the victims' juices, and then, in some cases, using the dried cuticle to furnish a clothing for their own bodies. Among these insects, while the mouth of the imago is of the normal mandibulate type adapted for eating solid food, the larval mouth is constricted and the slender mandibles are grooved for the ...
— The Life-Story of Insects • Geo. H. Carpenter



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