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mandible

Anatomical name for the lower jaw bone in mammals.

In birds it signifies both upper and lower jaws, together with the beak, although the terms maxilla and mandibula are sometimes used to refer respectively to the upper and lower parts. In insects it applies to the anterior, upper, or outer pairs of jaws.



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During that period, the role of the outer ear in funneling sound to the middle ear was minimized, and the lower jawbone became the animal's main sound receptor.
Learning to listen: how some vertebrates evolved biological sonar by Perkins, Sid / Science News
Kavara's skull and attached lower jawbone were found March 11 by excavators on the southwest edge of Edwards, a mile from where his damaged car was found in 1991.
MAN'S REMAINS FOUND 5 YEARS AFTER DISAPPEARANCE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The remains -- parts of upper and lower jawbones and teeth--are found in sediments now estimated by their co-workers to be around 17.
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