manducatory

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin mandūcāt- +‎ -ory.[1]

Adjective

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manducatory (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing.
    manducatory organs
    • 2011, Fred Vargas, translated by Siân Reynolds, An Uncertain Place: A Commissaire Adamsberg Mystery, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 344:
      [] they hadn’t just been killed but annihilated, and more especially their thumbs, teeth and feet. That their functional, spiritual and manducatory organs had been systematically destroyed.
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References

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  1. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Manducatory (mæ·ndiŭkătəri), a.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VI, Part 2 (M–N), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 114:f. L. mandūcāt- (see Manducate) + -ory.