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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
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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