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Jaw :: Jaw (n.) Impudent or abusive talk.

Archaeopteryx :: Archaeopteryx (n.) A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebrae with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics..

Bar :: Bar (n.) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed..

Jawfoot :: Jawfoot (n.) See Maxilliped.

Maxilliped :: Maxilliped (n.) One of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next behind the maxillae. Crabs have three pairs, but many of the lower Crustacea have but one pair of them. Called also jawfoot, and foot jaw..

Soldier :: Soldier (n.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See Termite..

Chaw :: Chaw (v. t.) The jaw.

Chilopoda :: Chilopoda (n. pl.) One of the orders of myriapods, including the centipeds. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment; well developed jaws; and a pair of thoracic legs converted into poison fangs. They are insectivorous, very active, and some species grow to the length of a foot..

Coronoid :: Coronoid (a.) Resembling the beak of a crow; as, the coronoid process of the jaw, or of the ulna..

Proteles :: Proteles (n.) A South Africa genus of Carnivora, allied to the hyenas, but smaller and having weaker jaws and teeth. It includes the aard-wolf..

Beard :: Beard (n.) The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes..

Odontornithes :: Odontornithes (n. pl.) A group of Mesozoic birds having the jaws armed with teeth, as in most other vertebrates. They have been divided into three orders: Odontolcae, Odontotormae, and Saururae..

Chelonia :: Chelonia (n. pl.) An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebrae, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See Reptilia; also, Illust. in Appendix..

Mentomeckelian :: Mentomeckelian (a.) Of or pertaining to the chin and lower jaw.

Jawy :: Jawy (a.) Relating to the jaws.

Maxilla :: Maxilla (n.) The bone of either the upper or the under jaw.

Pleurodont :: Pleurodont (a.) Having the teeth consolidated with the inner edge of the jaw, as in some lizards..

Glanders :: Glanders (n.) A highly contagious and very destructive disease of horses, asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of sticky matter from the nose, and an enlargement and induration of the glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs, goats, sheep, and to human beings..

Locked-jaw :: Locked-jaw (n.) See Lockjaw.

Maxilla :: Maxilla (n.) The bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of the lower jaw being the mandible..

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