maxillary

Adjective, Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

maxillary(n = noun.body) maxilla, upper jaw, upper jawbone - the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium; Array

has parts: hard palate, intermaxillary suture, sutura intermaxillaris

is a kind of jaw

Derived form adjective maxillary₁

maxillary, a. [L. maxillaris, fr. maxilla jawbone, jaw: cf. F. maxillaire.].

Pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw, but now usually applied to the upper jaw only. [1913 Webster]
Of or pertaining to a maxilla. [1913 Webster]