mandibular bone

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   the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth

   Synonymslower jawmandiblemandibulasubmaxillalower jawbonejawbonejowl

   Broaderjawarticulator

   Narrowerlantern jaw

   Partsgnathiongonionmandibular notchpogonionsymphysioncondylar process

Questions about mandibular bone

What does mandibular bone mean?

mandibular bone means "the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth".

What is another word for mandibular bone?

Close synonyms include lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, submaxilla, lower jawbone. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mandibular bone a common word?

mandibular bone is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.