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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
maxilla /makˈsɪlə/

▶noun (pl. maxillae /-liː/) Anatomy & Zoology the jaw or jawbone, specifically the upper jaw in most vertebrates.

■ (in many arthropods) each of a pair of mouthparts used in chewing.

– derivatives
maxillary adjective.

– origin ME: from L., ‘jaw’.

'maxilla' also found in these Oxford entries:

maxillofacial - premaxillary - stipes

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