maksilla

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Definition of maksilla in Turkish English dictionary: maxilla; Either of the two bones that together form the upper jaw; Arthropodic mouthpart; An appendage that has been modified to serve as a lower jaw in chewing; The bone forming the upper jaw; For vertebrates, the maxilla is the upper jaw, which bears the upper teeth (except the incisors) For insects, crustaceans, centipedes, and millipedes, it is a mouth part assisting in feeding; The bone of either the upper or the under jaw; The second pair of jaws, usually kelpt folded beneath the principal pair of jaws, or mandibles; [see bones, Maxillae]; Bone forming the main part of the upper jaw on each side, supporting the canines and cheek teeth; The bone to which the upper teeth are attached; One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods; The bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of the lower jaw being the mandible; the upper jawbone in vertebrates; it is fused to the cranium; Upper jaw bone, the portion of skull holding the upper teeth; {i} jaw, upper jawbone; mouth of many invertebrate animals; The bone that forms the face and upper jaw; The maxilla is the major bone of the upper jaw; The upper jaw; Paired bone of the upper jaw, enclosing the nose and the inner and lower rims of the eye and holding the upper teeth

maksilla

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mak·sil·la

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