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The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.

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.

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.

See Premaxilla.

he nose and mouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxillæ become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone.

Situated in front of the maxillary bones; pertaining to the premaxillæ; intermaxillary. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the inner pterygoid plate, or pterygoid bone, and the lower jaw.

Of or pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla; situated in the region of these parts. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the maxilla.