mandibulate

From Late Latin mandibula + English -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

mandibulate (not comparable)

1. Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.

Borrowed from Translingual Mandibulata.

mandibulate (plural mandibulates)

1. (taxonomy) Any arthropod of the clade Mandibulata, comprising the arthropods with mandibles.

From Late Latin mandibula + English -ate (verb-forming suffix).

mandibulate (third-person singular simple present mandibulates, present participle mandibulating, simple past and past participle mandibulated)

1. To handle material using mandibles (or, in the case of birds, the bill).

• mandibulation