mandibles是什么意思？

mandibles

下颌骨

例句

• They strip it with their mandibles and pack it into the pollen baskets on their legs. 它用上颚把蜂胶剥下来,把它放进它腿上的花粉篮里.
• Also known as Darwin's beetle, the Chilean stag's extraordinary mandibles help it attract a female mate. 也叫做达尔文甲虫, 智利鹿角虫惊人的下颚帮助它吸引异性.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (人、动物的)下颌骨
  A mandible is the bone in the lower jaw of a person or animal.
• N-COUNT
  (昆虫的)颚
  An insect's mandibles are the two parts of its mouth which it uses for biting, similar to an animal's jaws.