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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Supermedial :: Supermaxillary (a.) Supermaxillary.
Inframaxillary :: Inframaxillary (a.) Under the lower jaw; submaxillary; as, the inframaxillary nerve..
Premaxillary :: Premaxillary (a.) Situated in front of the maxillary bones; pertaining to the premaxillae; intermaxillary.
Tanystomata :: Tanystomata (n. pl.) A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillae. The horseflies and robber flies are examples.
Maxilla :: Maxilla (n.) The bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of the lower jaw being the mandible..
Stipes :: Stipes (n.) The second joint of a maxilla of an insect or a crustacean.
Jawbone :: Jawbone (n.) The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.
Inframaxillary :: Inframaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the lower iaw.
Stylometer :: Stylomaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the maxilla.
Trophi :: Trophi (n. pl.) The mouth parts of an insect, collectively, including the labrum, labium, maxillae, mandibles, and lingua, with their appendages..
Supramaxilla :: Supramaxillae (pl. ) of Supramaxill.
Supramundane :: Supramaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the upper jaw.
Premaxillary :: Premaxillary (n.) A premaxilla.
Palpator :: Palpator (n.) One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi..
Maxillary :: Maxillary (n.) The principal maxillary bone; the maxilla.
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..
Spheno- :: Spheno- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sphenoid bone; as in sphenomaxillary, sphenopalatine..
Palpicorn :: Palpicorn (n.) One of a group of aquatic beetles (Palpicornia) having short club-shaped antennae, and long maxillary palpi..
Maxillo-palatine :: Maxillo-palatine (a.) Pertaining to the maxillary and palatine regions of the skull; as, the maxillo-palatine process of the maxilla. Also used as n..
Septomaxillary :: Septomaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla; situated in the region of these parts.
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