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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium;
[syn: upper jaw, upper jawbone, maxilla, maxillary]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of or relating to the upper jaw;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Maxillar \Max"il*lar\, Maxillary \Max"il*la*ry\, a. [L. maxillaris, fr. maxilla jawbone, jaw: cf. F. maxillaire.] 1. (Anat.) Pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw, but now usually applied to the upper jaw only. -- n. The principal maxillary bone; the maxilla. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to a maxilla. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

maxillary adj 1: of or relating to the upper jaw n 1: the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium [syn: upper jaw, upper jawbone, maxilla, maxillary]