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mandibulate, a. and n. Ent.|mænˈdɪbjʊleɪt|
[ad. mod.L. mandibulātus: see mandibula and -ate2.]
A. adj.
1. Provided with mandibles: applied to a group of insects (the Mandibulata) which have the organs of the mouth adapted for mastication.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. 462 The maxillæ of the mandibulate hexapods. 1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xx. 316 Metabolians..are considered..as constituting two Sections which are denominated Haustellate and Mandibulate Insects. 1874Lubbock Orig. & Met. Ins. v. 92 The strongly mandibulate form which prevails among the larvae of Coleoptera.
2. Of organs: Adapted for mastication.
1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xx. 316 The instrument of suction in a Haustellate mouth consists of pieces..analogous to those employed in mastication in a Mandibulate one. 1838Penny Cycl. X. 494/2 Hemiptera..with mandibulate mouths.
B. n. A mandibulate insect.
In recent Dicts.
So manˈdibulated a., in the same sense.
1836–9Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 855/2 Fabricius..divided Insects into..the Mandibulated..and the Haustellated. 1864Chambers's Encycl. VI. 299 Mandibulata, mandibulated or masticating Insects. |