maxillaries
- plural of maxillary.
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The maxillaries are connected with the distal anterior corner of the quadrate by the thin, splint-like jugal and quadratojugal.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
The long axes of the nasals are not parallel to the maxillaries.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.
The anterior ends are pointed; the lateral margins are parallel to the maxillaries.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.
The skull resembles that of Orca in the breadth of the upper jaw being produced by the maxillaries, whereas in Globicephalus this effect is caused by the premaxillaries.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage
The nasals are large, widest anteriorly and narrowing posteriorly, parallel to maxillaries, and not separated from the ethmoid by cartilage.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.
