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From Longman Dictionary

man‧di‧ble /ˈmændəbəl/ noun [countable]

the jaw bone of an animal or fish, especially the lower jaw

the outside part of a bird’s beak

the part of an insect’s mouth that it uses for eating

Example

After 48-55 months of weathering, the bones of the skull and mandible were still little altered

The President was grinding his mandibles, but forcing himself to smile

The distinction is made between molars in place in mandibles or maxillae, and isolated molars

The degree of alteration of the mandibles is therefore not as great as is suggested by these figures

The other end attached to a bony spot on the mandible, or lower jaw