mandibulate

Having a mandible or mandibles.

An arthropod having mandibles.

In entomology

Having mandibles, and thus able to bite, as an insect; of or pertaining to the Mandibulata: distinguished from haustellate or suctorial.

Masticatory, as the jaws of an insect.

Having a lower jaw, as nearly all vertebrates: opposed to emandibulate.

A mandibulate insect, as a beetle.

Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.

An insect having mandibles.

Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.