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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The lower jaw or mandible, especially in humans.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The under jaw or mandible; especially, the submaxillary bone, or bone of the under jaw.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
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Although an animal suffering with a complete and often compound and comminuted fracture of the submaxilla presents at times a serious aspect, the prognosis of the case is comparatively favorable, and recovery is usually only a question of time.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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