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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Vomerine teeth lacking; internal choanae lateral, partly concealed by maxillaries; tongue smooth, elongate, shallowly notched distally, free for about half its length; vocal sac median; internal vocal slits large and near angle of jaw.
From A New Species of Frog (Genus Tomodactylus) from Western Mexico by Robert G. Webb
The nasals bear long, delicate maxillary processes extending nearly to the maxillaries.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman
These differences in shape of the snout are dependent on the nature of the underlying cranial bones, principally the maxillaries and nasals.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman
Some of the herds in these wild regions have undergone a most singular modification of the cranium, consisting in a shortening of the nasal bones, together with the superior and inferior maxillaries.
From Delineations of the Ox Tribe The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos. by George Vasey
Ossification proceeds rapidly from the maxillaries medially to the unossified ethmoid, which is the last of the cranial bones to appear.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman
