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Maxilla

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

maxilla(n = noun.body) maxillary, upper jaw, upper jawbone - the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium; Array

has parts: hard palate, intermaxillary suture, sutura intermaxillaris

is a kind of jaw

Maxilla, n. [L., dim. of mala jaw, jawbone.].

The bone of either the upper or the under jaw. [1913 Webster]
One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods. [1913 Webster]
" There are usually two pairs in Crustacea and one pair in insects. In certain insects they are not used as jaws, but may form suctorial organs. See Illust. under Lepidoptera, and Diptera." [1913 Webster]

Maxilla, n. (pl. maxillae)
1 the jaw or jawbone, esp. the upper jaw in most vertebrates.
2 the mouth-part of many arthropods used in chewing.

Derivative

maxillary adj.

Etymology

L, = jaw

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