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Premaxillary :: Premaxillary (n.) A premaxilla.

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..

Palpicorn :: Palpicorn (n.) One of a group of aquatic beetles (Palpicornia) having short club-shaped antennae, and long maxillary palpi..

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

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

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

Endognath :: Endognath (n.) The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla.

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

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

Praemaxilla :: Praemaxilla (n.) See Premaxilla.

Stylobate :: Stylo- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the styloid process of the temporal bone; as, stylohyal, stylomastoid, stylomaxillary..

Maxillo-mandibular :: Maxillo-mandibular (a.) Pertaining to the maxilla and mandible; as, the maxillo-mandibular nerve..

Septomaxillary :: Septomaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla; situated in the region of these parts.

Supramaxillary :: Supramaxilla (n.) The upper jaw or maxilla.

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

Mandibuliform :: Mandibuliform (a.) Having the form of a mandible; -- said especially of the maxillae of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.

Opisthoglypha :: Opisthoglypha (n. pl.) A division of serpents which have some of the posterior maxillary teeth grooved for fangs.

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

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

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