Men′to‐meck‐e″li‐an (?), a. [1st mental + Meckelian.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the chin and lower jaw. — n. The bone or cartilage forming the anterior extremity of the lower jaw in some adult animals and the young of others.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.