Best known for: Mapping the Hudson River and the North Atlantic; Biography: Where did Henry Hudson grow up? Historians know very little of Henry Hudson's youth. He was probably born in or near the city of London sometime between 1560 and 1570. It is likely that his family was wealthy and that his grandfather founded a trading company called the Muscovy Company. At some point in his life Henry married a woman named Katherine.
Definition of submandibular. 1  1 : of, relating to, situated in, or performed in the region below the lower jaw. 2  2 : of, relating to, or associated with the salivary glands inside of and near the lower edge of the mandible on each side.
Noun. 1. mandible-the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth. jawbone, jowl, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla. gnathion-the most inferior point of the mandible in the midline.gonion-the craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower jaw.andible. n. 1. (Zoology) the lower jawbone in vertebrates. See jaw 1. 2. (Zoology) either of a pair of mouthparts in insects and other arthropods that are usually used for biting and crushing food.