Canadian French Meaning of maxillas
mâchoires
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Definitions and Meaning of maxillas in English
maxillas
either of the two bones of the upper jaw in higher vertebrates including human beings that bear most of the teeth, one of the first or second pair of mouthparts posterior to the mandibles in insects, myriopods, crustaceans and closely related arthropods, jaw sense 1a, an upper jaw especially of humans and other mammals in which the bony elements are closely fused, either of two membrane bone elements of the upper jaw that lie lateral to the premaxillae and that in higher vertebrates including humans bear most of the teeth, one of the first or second pair of mouthparts posterior to the mandibles in many arthropods (such as insects or crustaceans), an upper jaw especially of humans or other mammals in which the bony elements are closely fused, an upper jaw especially of a mammal in which the bony parts are closely united, either of the two bones that lie with one on each side of the upper jaw lateral to the premaxilla and that in higher vertebrates bear most of the teeth, one of the first or second pair of mouth appendages behind the mandibles in various arthropods
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mâchoires
either of the two bones of the upper jaw in higher vertebrates including human beings that bear most of the teeth, one of the first or second pair of mouthparts
mandibules,Gueules,muselières,becs,bouches,pointes
No antonyms found.
maxes => max, maws => Gueules, mavins => muffins, mavericks => francs-tireurs, mavens => experts,
