An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
MANDIBULATE
mandibulate
(adjective) having mandibles
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
mandibulate (not comparable)
Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.
Noun
mandibulate (plural mandibulates)
(zoology) An insect having mandibles
Verb
mandibulate (third-person singular simple present mandibulates, present participle mandibulating, simple past and past participle mandibulated)
To handle material using mandibles (or, in the case of birds, the bill)
Source: Wiktionary
Man*dib"u*late, Man*dib"u*la`ted, a. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.
Man*dib"u*late, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: An insect having mandibles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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