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They meet the town's only residents, the Maxilla family who want to buy on to the fight card.
New Movie: Growl Donna 2009
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Every once in a while my mail box grants me a cool random catalog, like a catalog of silent horror movies on DVD, or a catalog of fossils or animal skulls available from Maxilla and Mandible in New York.
Guidolon frankwu 2007
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But the Maxilla family's true intentions for the Brawler crew is soon revealed in teeth and claws.
New Movie: Growl Donna 2009
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I like Mandible and Maxilla a little better, though
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Tomorrow Maxilla turns 13 months so I'll do an update then.
The Hardest Button to Button. Kat 2007
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Springbok Horns8x10, $100This is another piece from the "bargain bin" at Maxilla and Mandible.
Archive 2006-12-01 Zillabob 2006
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Springbok Horns8x10, $100This is another piece from the "bargain bin" at Maxilla and Mandible.
Head Gear!! Zillabob 2006
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Maxilla: without any qualifying adjective, the second pair of jaws in a mandibulate insect; the most persistent when the mouth is modified, and represented by some functional part in all insects in which the mouth structures are useful: second maxillae, = the labium, or third pair of jaws in a mandibulate insect.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Changes Produced in the Maxilla by AgeAt birth the transverse and antero-posterior diameters of the bone are each greater than the vertical.
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- Maxilla_ (paired) - Jugal_ (paired) - Squamosal_ (paired) * In this table the small bones of the ear are simply indicated by an asterisk.
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