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premaxillary

Variant of premaxilla

noun pl. premaxillae

either of two bones in the upper jaw of vertebrates, situated between and in front of the maxillae, and fusing with them in the adult human being

Origin: ModL: pre- & maxilla

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premaxillary adjective

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