Mandible: alternatives and connections

Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.

An anvil ending in a beak or point (orig. in two beaks); also, the beak or horn itself.

The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak.

A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip a…

Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrik…

(mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from t…

From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright po…

The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla.

The upper and outer element of periotic bone, -- in man forming a part of the temporal bone.

A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held like a flageolet.

Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The…

Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper, as in the skimmer.

The dorsal one of the three principal bones comprising either lateral half of the pelvis; the dorsal or upper part of the hip bone. Se…

The ventral and posterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; seat bone; the huckle bone.

A curious South American bird (Anhima, / Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defend…

The bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of the lower jaw being the mandible.

The principal maxillary bone; the maxilla.

Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; --…