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Webster 1913 Edition


Maxilla


Max-il′la

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Maxillae
(#)
.
[L., dim. of
mala
jaw, jawbone.]
1.
(Anat.)
(a)
The bone of either the upper or the under jaw.
(b)
The bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of the lower jaw being the mandible.
[Now commonly used in this restricted sense.]
2.
(Zool.)
One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods.
☞ There are usually two pairs in Crustacea and one pair in insects. In certain insects they are not used as jaws, but may form suctorial organs. See Illust. under
Lepidoptera
, and
Diptera
.

Definition 2024


maxilla

maxilla

English

Noun

maxilla (plural maxillas or maxillae or maxillæ)

  1. Either of the two bones that together form the upper jaw.
  2. Arachnid mouthpart

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Latin

Etymology

From māla (cheek, cheekbone). Confer with similarly formed āla - axilla.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /makˈsil.la/, [makˈsɪl.la]

Noun

maxilla f (genitive maxillae); first declension

  1. (anatomy) jaw, jawbone, bone of the upper jaw
  2. lower part of the face, jaws

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative maxilla maxillae
genitive maxillae maxillārum
dative maxillae maxillīs
accusative maxillam maxillās
ablative maxillā maxillīs
vocative maxilla maxillae

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Portuguese

Noun

maxilla f (plural maxillas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of maxila