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UPPER JAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does upper jaw mean? 

UPPER JAW (noun)
  The noun UPPER JAW has 1 sense:

1. the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the craniumplay

  Familiarity information: UPPER JAW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UPPER JAW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

maxilla; maxillary; upper jaw; upper jawbone

Hypernyms ("upper jaw" is a kind of...):

jaw (the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth)

Meronyms (parts of "upper jaw"):

hard palate (the bony part of the roof of the mouth)

intermaxillary suture; sutura intermaxillaris (the suture between the two maxillae of the upper jawbone)


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