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Maxilla
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The bone of either the upper or the under jaw.
(2):
(n.) One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods.
(3):
(n.) The bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of the lower jaw being the mandible.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Maxilla'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/m/maxilla.html. 1828.