maxillary
adjective
of or relating to a jaw, jawbone, or maxilla.
maxillaries
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pluralof maxillary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Because of its coalescence with the maxillaries, the intermaxillary in man was not discovered until Vicq d'Azyr and Goethe found it separate in the embryo.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
The anterior ends are pointed; the lateral margins are parallel to the maxillaries.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman
The first thing collected was an entire skull of the great cave bear, with its maxillaries in place.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various
The posteromedial points do not reach the lateral margins of the ethmoid, and the maxillary processes extend about three-fourths the distance from the bodies of the nasals to the maxillaries.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman
Ossification lengthens the posterior termini of the maxillaries to the posterior edge of the orbit.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman
