axilla
noun
the armpit.
axillae
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pluralof axilla.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Countered another scientist: What about "man's retention of abundant tufts in the axillae and pubic regions?"
From Time Magazine Archive
All the cows and the servants employed in milking had the cow-pox; but this woman, though she had several sores upon her fingers, felt no tumours in the axillae, nor any general indisposition.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
At the same time she had in both axillae glandular tumors as large as the head of a fetus.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
The injury they do to flowers is comparatively trifling; though, like the Guinea-fowl, they are great eaters of buds, cutting them out cleanly from the axillae of leaves.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings
He had evidences of a beard and his axillae were very hairy; it is said he could with ease lift a man weighing 140 pounds.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
