mandibles

Noun

plural form of mandible

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In most insects that feed by suction the mandibles are modified.
Biting mandibles; second maxillae completely fused.
Uzel, with the majority of students, regards the paired organs as mandibles and the unpaired as an epipharynx.
The actual piercing organs are the mandibles, while the upper lip or labrum forms a sucking tube.
The maxillae are not piercing organs, and their function is to protect the mandibles and labrum and separate the hairs or feathers of the host.

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