mandibulate
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of mandibulate
First recorded in 1820–30, mandibulate is from the New Latin word mandibulātus having mandibles. See mandible, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Isoptera: equal winged: an ordinal term for insects with four, similar, net-veined wings; mouth mandibulate; thoracic rings similar, loosely jointed metamorphosis incomplete: the Termitidae.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Neither, on the other hand, for the same reasons, could the mouth of the Hemiptera be modified into a mandibulate type like that of the Coleoptera.
From On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects by Sir John Lubbock
Platyptera: flat and broad-winged: an ordinal term applied to insects with four net-veined wings, secondaries longitudinally folded beneath primaries; mouth mandibulate; prothorax free; transformations complete: Psocidae, Termitidae, Perlidae and Mallophaga.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Corrodentia: an ordinal term meaning gnawers: net-veined or wingless: mandibulate, mouth formed for gnawing; transformation incomplete; thorax incompletely agglutinated: = Psocoptera: includes Termitidae, Psocidae and Mallophaga.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Some of the insects of this order are highly specialized, and their mouth-parts are fitted both for biting and sucking, and in this respect they connect the mandibulate and haustellate insects.
From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by C. V. Riley
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