maxillary
- n the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium
- a of or relating to the upper jaw
- These bony caverns are called the frontal, maxillary or antrum, ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses.
- Generations of his students have had to memorize head measurements, maxillary angles, etc.
- His caudal fin, dorsal fins, maxillary, eye, missing barbel, etc.