Definition of maxilla

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

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Stylometer :: Stylomaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the maxilla.
Septomaxillary :: Septomaxillary (n.) A small bone between the nasal septum and the maxilla in many reptiles and amphibians.
Longipalp :: Longipalp (n.) One of a tribe of beetles, having long maxillary palpi..
Hyomental :: Hyomental (a.) Between the hyoid bone and the lower jaw, pertaining to them; suprahyoid; submaxillary; as, the hyomental region of the front of the neck..
Stipes :: Stipes (n.) The second joint of a maxilla of an insect or a crustacean.
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.
Intermaxillae :: Intermaxillae (pl. ) of Intermaxill.
Gnathite :: Gnathite (n.) Any one of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. They are known as mandibles, maxillae, and maxillipeds..
Intermaxillary :: Intermaxillary (n.) An intermaxilla.
Maxilloturbinal :: Maxilloturbinal (a.) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull.
Inframaxillary :: Inframaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the lower iaw.
Intermaxillary :: Intermaxillary (a.) Between the maxillary bones.
Maxilla :: Maxilla (n.) The bone of either the upper or the under jaw.
Symmetral :: Symbranchii (n. pl.) An order of slender eel-like fishes having the gill openings confluent beneath the neck. The pectoral arch is generally attached to the skull, and the entire margin of the upper jaw is formed by the premaxillary. Called also Symbranchia..
Maxillary :: Maxillary (n.) Of or pertaining to a maxilla.
Maxilla :: Maxilla (n.) The bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of the lower jaw being the mandible..
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.
Premaxillary :: Premaxillary (n.) A premaxilla.
Supramaxillary :: Supramaxillary (a.) Situated over the lower jaw; as, the supramaxillary nerve..
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