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Maxilla
‖
Max-il′la
,Noun.
pl.
Maxillae
(#)
. [L., dim. of
mala
jaw, jawbone.] 1.
(Anat.)
(a)
The bone of either the upper or the under jaw.
(b)
The bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of the lower jaw being the mandible.
[Now commonly used in this restricted sense.]
2.
(Zool.)
One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods.
☞ There are usually two pairs in Crustacea and one pair in insects. In certain insects they are not used as jaws, but may form suctorial organs. See Illust. under
Lepidoptera
, and Diptera
. Definition 2024
maxilla
maxilla
English
Noun
maxilla (plural maxillas or maxillae or maxillæ)
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Translations
bone of upper jaw
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Latin
Etymology
From māla (“cheek, cheekbone”). Confer with similarly formed āla - axilla.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /makˈsil.la/, [makˈsɪl.la]
Noun
maxilla f (genitive maxillae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | maxilla | maxillae |
| genitive | maxillae | maxillārum |
| dative | maxillae | maxillīs |
| accusative | maxillam | maxillās |
| ablative | maxillā | maxillīs |
| vocative | maxilla | maxillae |
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Descendants
References
- maxilla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- maxilla in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- MAXILLA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “maxilla”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.