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Mandibles in sentence

11 examples of Mandibles in a sentence

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.
Then the bug will use its serrated mandibles to carve a little hole in your skin, allowing it to probe around with its proboscis, searching for a blood vessel.
The insect characters carry briefcases, drive motorcars, and even wear shoes yet they also twitch their antennae and open and close their mandibles as real insects would.
The creature's four mandibles were a great idea for its distinct facial characteristics and the creature's roar is awesome, one of the best ever produced.
No doubt the presence of the Nautilus, even more fearsome than itself, and which it couldn't grip with its mandibles or the suckers on its arms.
I think the horn-covered mandibles of one of these squid are entangled in the blades.
His ax disappeared between the two enormous mandibles, and the Canadian, miraculously saved, stood and plunged his harpoon all the way into the devilfish's triple heart.
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!