Manducator
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Something used for manducating. rare
"Now if any Transatlantic Philistine can crack the shell of this German nut, and extract an eatable kernel, he must possess a manducator pretty considerably stronger than that with which Samson cracked the skulls of the ancient Philistines in the Holy Land—the jaw-bone of an ass."
- 2 One who manducates. rare
"Manducators, man´-du-ka-turz, s. pl. lud."
Example
More examples"Now if any Transatlantic Philistine can crack the shell of this German nut, and extract an eatable kernel, he must possess a manducator pretty considerably stronger than that with which Samson cracked the skulls of the ancient Philistines in the Holy Land—the jaw-bone of an ass."
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