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Lower jawbone   /lˈoʊər dʒˈɔbˌoʊn/   Listen
Lower jawbone

noun
1.
The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth.  Synonyms: jawbone, jowl, lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla.





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"Lower jawbone" Quotes from Famous Books



... account of the excavation a "macabre" incident is recorded. One of the workmen, seizing the shin-bone of the giant, placed it against his own leg, and found that it reached halfway up his thigh; whereupon, taking up the lower jawbone, he fitted it easily over his own lower jaw, though he was ...
— Lynton and Lynmouth - A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland • John Presland


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