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    UPPER JAWBONE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the craniumplay

    Synonyms:

    maxilla; maxillary; upper jaw; upper jawbone

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    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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