manducatory, a. Chiefly Phys.
(ˈmændjʊkətərɪ)
[f. L. mandūcāt- (see manducate) + -ory.]
Pertaining to or fitted for manducation.
| 1814 Sch. Gd. Living 40 Their noble perseverance, in fulfilling with so much courage their manducatory functions. 1850 H. Miller Footpr. Creat. iv. (1874) 62 The framework through which an important class of functions, manducatory and respiratory, are performed. 1870 Rolleston Anim. Life 110 [It] consists of the manducatory ganglion fused with one thoracic ganglion. 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vi. 256 The..manducatory appendages (gnathites). |