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Odontolcae :: Odontolcae (n. pl.) An extinct order of ostrichlike aquatic birds having teeth, which are set in a groove in the jaw. It includes Hesperornis, and allied genera. See Hesperornis..

Auricula :: Auricula (n.) One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin.

Mouth-footed :: Mouth-footed (a.) Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws.

Diastema :: Diastema (n.) A vacant space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw..

Xiphius :: Xiphius (n.) A genus of cetaceans having a long, pointed, bony beak, usually two tusklike teeth in the lower jaw, but no teeth in the upper jaw..

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

Chap :: Chap (n.) One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc..

Angular :: Angular (n.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes..

Phalangoidea :: Phalangoidea (n. pl.) A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy longlegs or harvestman (Phalangium) and many similar kinds. They have long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; and chelate jaws. They breathe by tracheae. Called also Phalangides, Phalangidea, Phalangiida, and Opilionea..

Trismus :: Trismus (n.) The lockjaw.

Gum :: Gum (n.) The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws..

Swordfish :: Swordfish (n.) A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiidae. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long..

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..

Inframaxillary :: Inframaxillary (a.) Under the lower jaw; submaxillary; as, the inframaxillary nerve..

Supramundane :: Supramaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the upper jaw.

Jaw :: Jaw (v. t.) To assail or abuse by scolding.

Horn :: Horn (n.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc..

Alligator :: Alligator (n.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America..

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

Aptychus :: Aptychus (n.) A shelly plate found in the terminal chambers of ammonite shells. Some authors consider them to be jaws; others, opercula..

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