English
manducatory
From manducate + -ory.
Formed from manducate + -ory
Latin mandō ‘chew, eat, devour’
Latin mandūcus ‘glutton’
Latin mandūcō ‘chew, masticate’
Latin mandūcātus ‘chewed, masticated, having been gnawed’
English manducate
Today it means
adj Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing.
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Etymograph / manducatory