adjective
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of, relating to, or near the armpit
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botany growing in or related to the axil
an axillary bud
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Mr Flack said that transection of the left axillary artery – the main artery to the arm – was also a contributory cause to her death.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2024
More than one-third of patients who underwent axillary dissection were found to have additional metastases than the maximum two in the sentinel lymph nodes.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2024
An axillary bud is usually found in the axil—the area between the base of a leaf and the stem—where it can give rise to a branch or a flower.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
A large nerve from this plexus is the radial nerve from which the axillary nerve branches to go to the armpit region.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Flowers on long slender axillary peduncles, solitary or sparingly clustered.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
The bright yellow of the edge of the wings, under coverts and axillaries is seldom seen, on account of the extreme wariness of the bird.
From Birds of the Rockies by Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser
Description.—Silky black, washed with purple; wings and tail with a slight greenish gloss; a chestnut spot on the axillaries; bill and feet black: whole length 8·0 inches, wing 4·5, tail 3·3.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
This closely allied representative of the Golden Plover of Europe, from which it is distinguishable mainly by its rather larger size and smoky-grey axillaries, visits South America in autumn.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
Description.—Black; large alar speculum, axillaries, and under wing-coverts white; bill pale yellow; feet brown: total length 5·8 inches, wing 2·9, tail 2·5.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
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