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‖n.; pl. Axillae [ L. ] (Anat.) The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) An axil. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Axillary. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. pl. (Zool.) Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Axil. ] 1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Situated in, or rising from, an axil; of or pertaining to an axil. “Axillary buds.” Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. (Bot.) Growing outside of the axils; as, an extra-axillary bud. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Infra + axillary. ] (Bot.) Situated below the axil, as a bud. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Infra + maxillary. ] (Anat.) (a) Under the lower jaw; submaxillary; as, the inframaxillary nerve. (b) Of or pertaining to the lower iaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Situated within or between the axils of leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Intermaxillæ (Anat.) See Premaxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) (a) Between the maxillary bones. (b) Of or pertaining to the intermaxillæ. -- n. An intermaxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Situated below the point where a leaf joins the stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. maxillaris, fr. maxilla jawbone, jaw: cf. F. maxillaire. ] 1. (Anat.) Pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw, but now usually applied to the upper jaw only. -- n. The principal maxillary bone; the maxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to a maxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Premaxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Premaxillæ [ NL. See Pre-, and Maxilla. ] (Anat.) A bone on either side of the middle line between the nose and mouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxillæ become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated in front of the maxillary bones; pertaining to the premaxillæ; intermaxillary. -- n. A premaxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pterygoid + maxillary. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the inner pterygoid plate, or pterygoid bone, and the lower jaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla; situated in the region of these parts. -- n. A small bone between the nasal septum and the maxilla in many reptiles and amphibians. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the maxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Anat.) Situated under the axilla, or armpit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Placed under the axil, or angle formed by the branch of a plant with the stem, or a leaf with the branch. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) (a) Situated under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary; as, the submaxillary gland. (b) Of or pertaining to submaxillary gland; as, submaxillary salvia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Super-, and Maxilla. ] (Anat.) The supermaxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Supermaxillary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Growing above the axil; inserted above the axil, as a peduncle. See Suprafoliaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Supramaxillae (Anat.) The upper jaw or maxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) (a) Situated over the lower jaw; as, the supramaxillary nerve. (b) Of or pertaining to the upper jaw. [ 1913 Webster ]