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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Intermaxillary :: Intermaxillary (n.) An intermaxilla.
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.
Submedial :: Submaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to submaxillary gland; as, submaxillary salvia..
Maxilla :: Maxilla (n.) One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods.
Premaxillary :: Premaxillary (a.) Situated in front of the maxillary bones; pertaining to the premaxillae; intermaxillary.
Maxillar :: Maxillar (a.) Alt. of Maxillar.
Galea :: Galea (n.) The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects..
Trophi :: Trophi (n. pl.) The mouth parts of an insect, collectively, including the labrum, labium, maxillae, mandibles, and lingua, with their appendages..
Premaxillary :: Premaxillary (n.) A premaxilla.
Maxillary :: Maxillary (a.) Pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw, but now usually applied to the upper jaw only..
Temporomaxillary :: Temporomaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to both the temple or the temporal bone and the maxilla.
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..
Palpator :: Palpator (n.) One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi..
Intermaxillae :: Intermaxillae (pl. ) of Intermaxill.
Praemaxilla :: Praemaxilla (n.) See Premaxilla.
Cardo :: Cardo (n.) The basal joint of the maxilla in insects.
Admaxillary :: Admaxillary (a.) Near to the maxilla or jawbone.
Hypognatous :: Hypognatous (a.) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper, as in the skimmer..
Submaxillary :: Submaxillary (a.) Situated under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary; as, the submaxillary gland..
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