UPPER JAWBONE
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)
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)
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