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maxillary, a. and n.|mækˈsɪlərɪ|
[f. maxilla + -ary. Cf. F. maxillaire.]
A. adj.
1. Belonging to, connected with, or forming part of the jaw or jaw-bone, esp. of the upper jaw of vertebrate animals.
1626Bacon Sylva §747 There is the Skull of one Entire Bone; there are..the Maxillary Bones [etc.]. 1713Derham Phys.-Theol. iv. xi. (1714) 195 The..Maxillary Glands. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. II. 402 The horn is entirely solid, growing from the upper maxillary bone. 1804Abernethy Surg. Obs. 36 The external maxillary artery was unavoidably divided. 1874Coues Birds N.W. 135 But even the youngest specimen shows no maxillary streaks. 1883Martin & Moale Vertebr. Dissect. 158 The Superior Maxillary Nerve passes outward. Ibid., The Inferior Maxillary Nerve..divides into two branches. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 68 The maxillary teeth [of a snake].
2. Belonging to, connected with, or forming part of the maxillæ of arthropods. maxillary system: the system of classification of insects based on the form of the maxillæ.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. 358 Palpi Maxillares (the Maxillary Feelers). Ibid. IV. 450 Which [system], from the maxillæ being principally employed to characterize the Classes or rather Orders, may be called the Maxillary System. 1878Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 246 In many Diptera the maxillary setæ are rudimentary.
B. n. = maxillary bone.
1836–9Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 211/1 The vertical plate is short to correspond with the short vertical diameter of the upper maxillary. 1854Badham Halieut. 307 The maxillaries, prolonged into barbels, come off from the lower jaw. 1880Günther Fishes 90 No part of the maxillary is situated behind the premaxillary [of fishes]. |