Definitions for maxilla

maxilla max·il·la

Spelling: [mak-sil-uh]
IPA: /mækˈsɪl ə/

Maxilla is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 78 anagrams from letters in maxilla (aaillmx).

Definitions for maxilla

noun

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

Origin of maxilla

1670-80; New Latin, special use of Latin maxilla lower jaw, diminutive of māla (*maxlā) upper jaw, cheekbone

Examples for maxilla

There is no operculum and no representative of the maxilla or premaxillae.

Now these three lobes may be easily distinguished in the maxilla of Lepisma.

Mala (from , or from Mandere) denotes the upper, maxilla, the under jaw.

maxillary palpi: the first pair of palpi, borne on the maxilla.

The premaxilla is rudimentary and loosely attached to the maxilla.

There are not more than two pairs of limbs behind the maxilla.

Behind this the edge of the maxilla is only slightly convex.

It is wholly confined to the maxilla, not extending on to the nasals.

(Hymenoptera L.) maxilla corneous, compressed, often elongate.

The jugal (fig. 11, 17) lies above the maxilla and overlaps it in front.

Word Value for maxilla
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16

Words with friends

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