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maxillary
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun maxillary has 1 sense
- maxillary(n = noun.body) maxilla, 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
Derived form adjective maxillary1
Adjective maxillary has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
maxillary, a. [L. maxillaris, fr. maxilla jawbone, jaw: cf. F. maxillaire.].
- Pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw, but now usually applied to the upper jaw only. [1913 Webster]
- Of or pertaining to a maxilla. [1913 Webster]
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