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- Dictionarymandible/ˈmandɪbl/
noun
- 1. the jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes.
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In jawed vertebrates, the mandible (from the Latin mandibula, 'for chewing'), lower jaw, or jawbone is a bone that makes up the lower – and typically more mobile – component of the mouth (the upper jaw being known as the maxilla). The jawbone is the skull's only movable, posable bone, sharing joints with the cranium's temporal bones. The mandible hosts the lower teeth (their depth delineated by th... Wikipedia