premaxilla

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First comes the premaxilla (p.m not p.m.1 or p.m.4), containing in the dog, the three incisors of either side.

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  1. noun Either of two bones located in front of and between the maxillary bones in the upper jaw of vertebrates.

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  1. New Latin præmaxilla, from Latin præ, before, + maxilla, jaw-bone: see maxilla.
 

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/primækˈsɪlə/
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