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intermaxillary, a. (n.) Anat. and Zool.|ˌɪntəˈmæksɪlərɪ, -mækˈsɪlərɪ|
[inter- 4 a.]
a. Situated between the maxillæ (i.e. the chief bones of the upper jaw in Vertebrates, or the cephalic appendages so called in Insects and Crustaceans); as in intermaxillary bone (= intermaxilla), intermaxillary apodeme.
b. Belonging or attached to the intermaxilla; as intermaxillary teeth (in mammals, the incisors).
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxxiv. 431 Unless it be synonymous with the intermaxillary arcade of Marcel de Serres. 1836–9Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 48/2 The intermaxillary bone is excessively small in Ant-eaters. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 6 Teeth are never found [in Mammals] elsewhere than upon the mandibular, maxillary and intermaxillary bones. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vi. 312 The intermaxillary apodeme..developed from the connecting membrane of the two maxillary somites. 1886Syd. Soc. Lex., Intermaxillary gland, a convoluted tubular gland found in Amphibia.
B. as n. Short for intermaxillary bone, etc.
1834McMurtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 215 The Herrings have two well-marked characters in the narrow and short intermaxillaries, that constitute but a small portion of the upper jaw. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 6 The intermaxillaries, in relation with which the upper incisors are first developed. |