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The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs. Gray.

Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in the axis of a seed. Gray.

An axil.

Axillary.

Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing.

Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.

Away from the axis or central line; eccentric. Balfour.

Near to the maxilla or jawbone.

Growing outside of the axils; as, an extra-axillary bud.

Situated below the axil, as a bud.

Under the lower jaw; submaxillary; as, the inframaxillary nerve.

Situated within or between the axils of leaves.

See Premaxilla.

An intermaxilla.

Situated below the point where a leaf joins the stem.

The bone of either the upper or the under jaw.

The principal maxillary bone; the maxilla.

Having the form, or structure, of a maxilla.

One of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next behind the maxillæ. Crabs have three pairs, but many of the lower Crustacea have but one pair of them. Called also jawfoot, and foot jaw.

Pertaining to the maxilla and mandible; as, the maxillo- mandibular nerve.