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Securipalp :: Securipalp (n.) One of a family of beetles having the maxillary palpi terminating in a hatchet-shaped joint.

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

Admaxillary :: Admaxillary (a.) Near to the maxilla or jawbone.

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

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

Supramaxillary :: Supramaxillary (a.) Situated over the lower jaw; as, the supramaxillary nerve..

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.

Stylometer :: Stylomaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the maxilla.

Palpus :: Palpus (n.) A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera..

Labium :: Labium (n.) The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillae, usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part (ligula or palpiger) and a firmer posterior plate (mentum)..

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

Intermaxillary :: Intermaxillary (n.) An intermaxilla.

Maxillar :: Maxillar (a.) Alt. of Maxillar.

Lacinia :: Lacinia (n.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects..

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..

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.

Intermaxillary :: Intermaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the intermaxillae.

Maxilla :: Maxilla (n.) The bone of either the upper or the under jaw.

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

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