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Term: Mandibulate

Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense 1: Having or possessing mandibles (jaw-like mouthparts).

Example sentence: The ant's mandibulate mouthparts helped it to crush and carry food.

Sense 2: Describing a class of arthropods that have mandibles (such as insects and crustaceans).

Example sentence: Beetles and spiders belong to the mandibulate group.

Part of Speech: Verb

Sense 1: To move or operate with the aid of mandibles.

Example sentence: The worker bee mandibulates the pollen into the honeycomb.

Sense 2: To pronounce or articulate words using one's mandibles.

Example sentence: The elderly man struggled to mandibulate properly due to missing teeth.

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense: A member of the mandibulata group, including insects, crustaceans, and myriapods.

Example sentence: The entomologist studied the anatomy of various mandibulates.

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