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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

maxilla

/mak-sil-uh/US // mækˈsɪl ə //UK // (mækˈsɪlə) //

上颌骨,上颌颌骨,上颌,上颌部

Related Words

mouth口,嘴,嘴巴,口部bone骨骼,骨头,骨质,骨orifice孔口,阀嘴,孔径,阀口muzzle枪口,炮口,钳制,枪口上jowl脸颊,颊部,脸部,脸蛋mandible下颌骨,下颚,下颔骨,下肢chops劈叉,劈腿,劈裂,剁手

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural max·il·lae [mak-sil-ee]. /mækˈsɪl i/.

    • : a jaw or jawbone, especially the upper.
    • : one of the paired appendages immediately behind the mandibles of arthropods.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as injaw
Synonyms
bone骨骼,骨头,骨质,骨mouth口,嘴,嘴巴,口部chops劈叉,劈腿,劈裂,剁手jowl脸颊,颊部,脸部,脸蛋mandible下颌骨,下颚,下颔骨,下肢muzzle枪口,炮口,钳制,枪口上orifice孔口,阀嘴,孔径,阀口

Examples

  • Inside the fly’s head are protractor and retractor muscles, pulling and pushing at the base of the maxillae.

  • The pars facialis and frontal process of the maxilla are greatly reduced.

  • The palatine process of the nasal does not meet the frontal process of the maxilla.

  • The maxillary palpi vary in number, many having two on each maxilla and others only one.

  • One or more corneous sharp claws which arm the lobes of the Maxilla.

  • Toes four, three front ones webbed; bill thin and blade like, the maxilla longer than the mandible; tail slightly forked.

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