mandibulate

mandibulate
/man dib"yeuh lit, -layt'/, adj.
1. having mandibles.
n.
2. Entomol. a mandibulate arthropod of the subphylum Mandibulata, including water fleas, fairy shrimp, millipedes, and centipedes.
[1820-30; < NL mandibulatus having mandibles. See MANDIBLE, -ATE1]

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