mandibuliform, a. Ent.
(mænˈdɪbjʊlɪfɔːm)
[ad. mod.L. mandibuliformis, f. mandibula mandible: see -form.]
Shaped like a mandible.
| 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. 127 They..catch the prey at which they aim by means of the mandibuliform plates. Ibid. IV. 310. 1856 in Mayne Expos. Lex. |