Mandibles
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And what a way to die!Smashed, strangled, crushed by the fearsome arms of a devilfish, ground between its iron
mandibles
, this friend would never rest with his companions in the placid waters of their coral cemetery!
More example sentences with word mandibles
It features a pair of jaws called
mandibles
with toothed inner edges that cut up and crush solid foods, like leaves or other insects.
And finally, the chewing-lapping mouthpart is a combination of
mandibles
and a proboscis with a tongue-like structure at its tip for lapping up nectar.
On this type of mouthpart, the
mandibles
themselves are not actually used for eating.
And the nest maintenance workers do that inside the nest, and then they come out of the nest carrying bits of dry soil in their
mandibles.
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