mandibulate

/M AE1 N D IH0 B Y UW0 L EY0 T/
adjective
  1. 1

    Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.

verb
  1. 1

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

noun
  1. 1

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