MAXILLA


Meaning of MAXILLA in English

/mak sil"euh/ , n. , pl. maxillae /mak sil"ee/ .

1. a jaw or jawbone, esp. the upper.

2. one of the paired appendages immediately behind the mandibles of arthropods.

[ 1670-80; maxilla lower jaw, dim. of mala ( maxla ) upper jaw, cheekbone ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .