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  1. 1. n. The bone of either the upper or the under jaw. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. The bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of the lower jaw being the mandible. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n:100 n the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium Source: ecdict

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maxillaemaxillarmaxillariamaxillarymaxillary arterymaxillary palpusmaxillary sinusmaxillary veinmaxilliformmaxillipedmaxillo-mandibularmaxillo-palatine

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