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Definition of: maxilla
(mak·sil′ə) noun plural ·lae (-ē)
1. Anat. The upper jaw bone in vertebrates.
2. Zool. One of the pair or pairs of jaws behind the mandibles of an arthropod. [<L, dim. of mala jaw]
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