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Bar :: Bar (n.) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed..

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

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

Chapless :: Chapless (a.) Having no lower jaw; hence, fleshless..

Conodont :: Conodont (n.) A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids..

Chaps :: Chaps (n. pl.) The jaws, or the fleshy parts about them. See Chap..

Dinotherium :: Dinotherium (n.) A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable fora pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw.

Chop :: Chop (n.) A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops.

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

Trigeminal :: Trigeminal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the fifth pair of cranial nerves, which divide on each side of the head into three main branches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the mouth; trifacial..

V Hook :: V hook () A gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter V..

Macrognathic :: Macrognathic (a.) Long-jawed.

Gomphosis :: Gomphosis (n.) A form of union or immovable articulation where a hard part is received into the cavity of a bone, as the teeth into the jaws..

Orthognathous :: Orthognathous (a.) Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed to prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic..

Pedicellaria :: Pedicellaria (n.) A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix..

Chin :: Chin (n.) The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds..

Chaw :: Chaw (v. t.) The jaw.

Barbel :: Barbel (n.) A large fresh-water fish ( Barbus vulgaris) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels.

Dicynodont :: Dicynodont (n.) One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa and India..

Odontopteryx :: Odontopteryx (n.) An extinct Eocene bird having the jaws strongly serrated, or dentated, but destitute of true teeth. It was found near London..

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