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mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera.

An order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone united with the premaxillary, and the articular united with the dentary.

S.] -- Poison dogwood (Bot.), poison sumac. -- Poison fang (Zoöl.), one of the superior maxillary teeth of some species of serpents, which, besides having the cavity for the pulp, is either perforated or grooved by a longitudinal canal, at the lower end of which the duct of the poison gland terminates. See Illust. und…

American shrub (Tetranthera geniculata) of the Laurel family, with small oval leaves, and axillary clusters of little yellow flowers. The whole plant is spicy. It grows in ponds and swamps from Virginia to Florida. -- Pond tortoise, Pond turtle (Zoöl.), any freshwater tortoise of the family Emydidæ. Numerous species a…

On the side next the axis of inflorescence; -- said of an axillary flower. Gray.

; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxillæ become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone.

A cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the submaxillary gland.

af, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. See Illust. under Axillary.

One of a family of beetles having the maxillary palpi terminating in a hatchet-shaped joint.

d in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sphenoid bone; as in sphenomaxillary, sphenopalatine.

relation to, the styloid process of the temporal bone; as, stylohyal, stylomastoid, stylomaxillary.

Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.

erally attached to the skull, and the entire margin of the upper jaw is formed by the premaxillary. Called also Symbranchia.

eth behind the fangs; the latter have permanently erect and grooved fangs, with ordinary maxillary teeth behind them. -- Ven"om*ous*ly, adv. -- Ven"om*ous*ness, n.

A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint. See Illust. of Whorl.