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What is the noun for maxillas?

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maxilla
  1. Either of the two bones that together form the upper jaw.
  2. Arachnid mouthpart
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Any possible kinesis would have been limited to the premaxilla and maxilla.”
      “A ventral projection of the jugal extends over the lateral surface of the maxilla.”
      “The depression is the scar marking the overlap of the jugal process of the zygomatic arch on to the maxilla, as in therian mammals generally.”
maxilliped
  1. One of the appendages on the heads of some crustaceans behind the maxillae, used for feeding.
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    1. “Each leg, except those of the last pair, has on its first segment an exopodite with a gill like those of the maxilliped.”
      “On one side, the power strokes of the maxilliped movements followed the same sequence of 3, 2 and 1 as in crabs but with longer delays of 30 to 40 ms between each maxilliped.”
      “We find that thoracopod 1 in taxa of both families is similar, of 7 articles and forms a maxilliped.”
maxillula
  1. (zoology) Either of the first pair of maxillae in crustaceans.
maxillectomy
maxillary
  1. The jawbone
maxillectomies
  1. plural of maxillectomy
maxillipeds
maxillulae
  1. plural of maxillula
maxillaries
  1. plural of maxillary
maxillae
  1. plural form of maxilla
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The zygomatic process of the squamosal is small and hidden from dorsal view by the expanded maxillae and frontals.”
      “There are five large teeth on the maxillae, rather short canines, and at least twenty small and uniform post-canines.”
      “As it is pushed under an upper lip and into the mouth, the food is masticated by the two pairs of spiny maxillae and then by toothed mandibles.”
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