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mandible

The lower jaw bone of a vertebrate organism.

Used in 2 species profiles

Luciosoma spilopleura
Nannostomus beckfordi

Related terms

dentary
Anterior, largest and usually only tooth-bearing bone in the mandible.
vertebrate
An organism possessing a backbone or spinal column.

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