🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

mandíbulas

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mandibulas

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mandibles/ˈmændɪbəlz/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O inseto tem mandíbulas muito fortes."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes, or the mouthparts of insects.

    "The ant held the leaf firmly between its mandibles."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Early 17th century: from Latin mandibulae, from mandere 'to chew'.

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