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Palpator :: Palpator (n.) One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi..

Maxillary :: Maxillary (a.) Pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw, but now usually applied to the upper jaw only..

Hypognatous :: Hypognatous (a.) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper, as in the skimmer..

Scaphognathite :: Scaphognathite (n.) A thin leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans. It serves as a pumping organ to draw the water through the gill cavity.

Jawbone :: Jawbone (n.) The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.

Trophi :: Trophi (n. pl.) The mouth parts of an insect, collectively, including the labrum, labium, maxillae, mandibles, and lingua, with their appendages..

Incisive :: Incisive (a.) Of or pertaining to the incisors; incisor; as, the incisive bones, the premaxillaries..

Diptera :: Diptera (n. pl.) An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillae) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvae (called maggots) being usually without feet..

Spheno- :: Spheno- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sphenoid bone; as in sphenomaxillary, sphenopalatine..

Longipalp :: Longipalp (n.) One of a tribe of beetles, having long maxillary palpi..

Plectognathi :: Plectognathi (n. pl.) An order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone united with the premaxillary, and the articular united with the dentary..

Intermaxilla :: Intermaxilla (n.) See Premaxilla.

Barb :: Barb (n.) Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen..

Cardo :: Cardo (n.) The basal joint of the maxilla in insects.

Premaxillary :: Premaxillary (n.) A premaxilla.

Praemaxilla :: Praemaxilla (n.) See Premaxilla.

Maxilla :: Maxilla (n.) One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods.

Hemiptera :: Hemiptera (n. pl.) An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxillae), for piercing. In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the others..

Submaxillary :: Submaxillary (a.) Situated under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary; as, the submaxillary gland..

Maxillary :: Maxillary (n.) The principal maxillary bone; the maxilla.

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