UPPER JAWBONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does upper jawbone mean? 

• UPPER JAWBONE (noun)
  The noun UPPER JAWBONE has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• UPPER JAWBONE (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 jawbone" 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 jawbone"):

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)