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submaxilla

noun

the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth

• Syn:

↑lower jaw, ↑mandible, ↑mandibula, ↑mandibular bone, ↑lower jawbone, ↑jawbone, ↑jowl

• Derivationally related forms: ↑mandibular (for: ↑mandible)

• Hypernyms: ↑jaw, ↑articulator

• Hyponyms: ↑lantern jaw

• Part Meronyms:

↑gnathion, ↑gonion, ↑mandibular notch, ↑pogonion, ↑symphysion, ↑condylar process, ↑condyloid process, ↑mandibular condyle, ↑coronoid process of the mandible

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\\“+\ noun (plural submaxillae also submaxillas)

Etymology: New Latin, from sub- + maxilla

: the lower jaw or inferior maxillary bone; specifically : the human mandible

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/sub'mak sil"euh/, n., pl. submaxillae /-mak sil"ee/. Anat.

mandible.

[1895-1900; SUB- + MAXILLA]

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‖ submaxilla

(sʌbmækˈsɪlə)

[mod.L.: see sub- 3 and maxilla.]

The lower jaw or jaw-bone.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.