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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The lower jaw or mandible, especially in humans.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The under jaw or mandible; especially, the submaxillary bone, or bone of the under jaw.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth

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  • Although an animal suffering with a complete and often compound and comminuted fracture of the submaxilla presents at times a serious aspect, the prognosis of the case is comparatively favorable, and recovery is usually only a question of time.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

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