mandibular
adjUK /manˈdɪb.jʊl.ə/ · US /mænˈdɪb.jəl.ɚ/
Etymology From Latin mandibula + -ar. By surface analysis, mandible + -ar.
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Anatomy, Biology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences, Zoology, Zootomy Of or pertaining to the mandible.
- The head produces a mandibular gland pheromone composed of ketones, the thorax lacks large glands, and the abdomen contains the venom and the Nasonov gland that produces lemon oil compounds.2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 28:
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branchiomandibular, buccomandibular, cerebrocostomandibular, circummandibular, coracomandibular, craniomandibular, hemimandibular, hyomandibular, hypomandibular, inframandibular, intermandibular, intramandibular, mandibular artery, mandibular canal, mandibular nerve, mandibular pheromone, mandibulo-, maxillomandibular, micromandibular, musculomandibular, nonmandibular, oromandibular, otomandibular, perimandibular, postmandibular, premandibular, preoperculomandibular, queen mandibular pheromone, retromandibular, sphenomandibular, stylomandibular, submandibular, temporomandibular, transmandibular, tympanomandibular- Related terms
- mandibulary, mandibulate