Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of maxilla is as below...

Plectognathi :: Plectognathi (n. pl.) An order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone united with the premaxillary, and the articular united with the dentary..

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..

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

Praemaxilla :: Praemaxilla (n.) See Premaxilla.

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

Premaxillary :: Premaxillary (n.) A premaxilla.

Hyomental :: Hyomental (a.) Between the hyoid bone and the lower jaw, pertaining to them; suprahyoid; submaxillary; as, the hyomental region of the front of the neck..

Maxilloturbinal :: Maxilloturbinal (a.) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull.

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

Intermaxillary :: Intermaxillary (n.) An intermaxilla.

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

Stipes :: Stipes (n.) The second joint of a maxilla of an insect or a crustacean.

Premaxillae :: Premaxillae (pl. ) of Premaxill.

Intermaxillae :: Intermaxillae (pl. ) of Intermaxill.

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

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

Intermaxilla :: Intermaxilla (n.) See Premaxilla.

Longipalp :: Longipalp (n.) One of a tribe of beetles, having long maxillary palpi..

Barb :: Barb (n.) Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen..

Supermedial :: Supermaxillary (a.) Supermaxillary.

Random Fonts

Most Popular