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Incisive :: Incisive (a.) Of or pertaining to the incisors; incisor; as, the incisive bones, the premaxillaries..

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

Gnathite :: Gnathite (n.) Any one of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. They are known as mandibles, maxillae, and maxillipeds..

Maxillae :: Maxillae (pl. ) of Maxill.

Inframaxillary :: Inframaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the lower iaw.

Palpator :: Palpator (n.) One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi..

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

Hypognatous :: Hypognatous (a.) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper, as in the skimmer..

Supramaxilla :: Supramaxillae (pl. ) of Supramaxill.

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

Pterygomaxillary :: Pterygomaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the inner pterygoid plate, or pterygoid bone, and the lower jaw..

Premaxillary :: Premaxillary (n.) A premaxilla.

Premaxilla :: Premaxilla (n.) A bone on either side of the middle line between the nose and mouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxillae become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone..

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..

Trophi :: Trophi (n. pl.) The mouth parts of an insect, collectively, including the labrum, labium, maxillae, mandibles, and lingua, with their appendages..

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..

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

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

Supermaxillary :: Supermaxilla (n.) The supermaxilla.

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

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