单词 | mandible |
释义 | mandiblen. Anatomy and Zoology. 1. A jaw, a jawbone; spec. the bone or bones of the lower jaw in mammals and other vertebrates. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > mouth or jaw mandible?a1425 suckle1638 mandibula1704 the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > lower jaw mandible?a1425 mandibula1704 the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > jawbones > lower jowlOE chin-bonec1000 cheek boneOE chaft-bonea1300 mandible?a1425 chawle-bone1430 jawbone1490 chaw-bone1546 choule1573 chap1575 mandibula1704 inferior maxilla1846 submaxilla1877 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > chops > jaw mandible1770 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 5v Of speciale reduccioun of fracture of þe panne, of þe bone of þe nose, of þe mandible, i. chawle [?c1425 Paris of þe iowe; L. mandibule]. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 20 (MED) He ys clepid þe ouer mandible, for in him ben fastened alle þe ouer teeþ. 1577 Vicary's Profitable Treat. Anat. sig. F.ijv The bones..of the cheekes be two:..of the vpper Mandibile, two. ?1577 Misogonus in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Ital. (1911) 239 A neighboure of yours Wch is payned in hir mandible wth a wormetone toth. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Manduble, the iaw-bone wherein the teeth be set. 1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 185 Rub the mandible with it. a1676 R. Cromwell Let. in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1898) 13 93 The nose of the skull with an upper mandable. 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. p. cxxxii The swelling..being not so much in the throat, as mandibles and cheeks. 1770 G. White Let. 22 Feb. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 76 With their upper mandible, which is much longer than their lower, they [sc. hedgehogs] bore under the plant. 1854 R. W. Emerson Comic in Wks. (1906) III. 210 To put something for mastication between the upper and lower mandibles. 1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. iii. 86 The lower jawbone, or Mandible, consists of a curved osseous band. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 534 Mandible (Lat. Mandibula), the lower jaw in Birds. 1939 T. L. Green Pract. Animal Biol. i. 192 The mandible consists of two halves or rami which are fused together in front. 1988 Jrnl. Speech & Hearing Res. 31 405/1 The mandible provides a mobile foundation for the tongue and lower lip, and may move synergistically with them to modulate the length and shape of the vocal tract during speech. 1990 P. Andrews Owls, Caves & Fossils (BNC) 24 A vole mandible is illustrated here showing the incisor, three molars and the body of the mandible all in position. 2. In birds (also): either of the two parts, upper and lower, of the beak; (sometimes) spec. the lower part. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > beak or bill > upper or lower beak mandible1686 mandibula1896 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vii. 234 The Mandibles [of a Raven] crossing one another, like those of the..Cross-bill. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 159 A loose skin..reaches from the upper mandible round the eyes [of the cormorant]. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. vii. 161 The lower mandible, differently from every other bird, is an inch and a half longer than the upper. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi iv. 100 Flocks of scissor-bills..ploughing the water with their lower mandibles. 1883 Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 22 227 Soft billed birds have the mandibles covered with ordinary skin with many sense papillae. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 539 Maxilla, a rather slender bone..forming part of the lateral margin of what is often called the Upper Mandible. 1943 H. F. Witherby et al. Handbk. Brit. Birds I. 93 Adults alone among all other British birds with mandibles crossing at tip, lower mandible being turned to left or right. 1972 H. Heinzel et al. Birds Brit. & Europe with N. Afr. & Middle East (BNC) 120 Little Ringed Plover... Bill yellow only at base of lower mandible. 1991 B. Tulloch Migrations (BNC) 69 The stubbier beak, with a clear white mark along the upper mandible, is the distinctive feature which is most obvious on this northern relative. 3. In insects, crustaceans, and certain other myriapods: either of the first set of paired appendages which form part of the mouthparts (anterior to the maxillae). Also, in other invertebrates: any of various parts functioning as or resembling jaws. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > head > mouth-parts or trophi > mandible(s) fang1609 mandibula1798 mandible1816 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (ed. 2) I. iv. 140 Armed with two unguiform mandibles. 1836 R. Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 526/2 The dense musculo-ligamentous sheath, which incloses the mandibles [in the Nautilus]. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 88 Male stag-beetles often bear wounds from the huge mandibles of other males. 1874 J. Lubbock Wild Flowers i. 13 The mouth of an insect is composed of an upper lip, an under lip, a pair of anterior jaws or mandibles. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses iv. 112 Instead of feeding on their prey they suck out the juices through the canals in the mandibles. 1969 R. F. Chapman Insects i. 3 The mouthparts consist of..two pairs of jaw-like structures, the mandibles and maxillae. 1988 National Geographic Nov. 724 A spiny lobster..cracks a rare slit shell with its powerful legs and mandibles to get at the mollusk inside. 1994 E. E. Ruppert & R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 6) xv. 820/1 Within the [prebuccal] depression [of onychophorans] lie the lateral claw-like mandibles, which are used for grasping and cutting prey. 1997 J. Updike Toward End of Time 269 Beady-bodied daddy longlegs with ornately evolved venomous mandibles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † mandibleadj. Obsolete. rare. Capable of being chewed or eaten. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > edible conceivablec1443 serviceablea1475 comestible1483 eatable1483 consumable1547 receptible1574 meatable1577 consumptible1579 devourable1603 food-fit1608 edible1611 manducable1614 esculent1626 cibarious1656 mandible1656 deglutible1661 eduliousa1682 edule1699 swallowable1818 christena1838 touchable1845 munchable1868 gorgeable1883 noshable1966 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Mandible, eatable, or that may be eaten. 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. sig. C5v Their Geese, Hens, Pigs, or any such mandible thing we met with. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.?a1425adj.1656 |
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