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"Maxilla" Definition

noun

A homologous bone of the skull in other vertebrates.
Anatomy Either of a pair of bones of the human skull fusing in the midline and forming the upper jaw.
Either of two laterally moving appendages situated behind the mandibles in insects and most other arthropods.
An upper jaw especially of humans and other mammals in which the bony elements are closely fused.
Either of the two bones that lie with one on each side of the upper jaw lateral to the premaxilla and that in higher vertebrates bear most of the teeth.

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