maxilla

Questions about maxilla

What does maxilla mean?

maxilla means "the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium".

How many syllables are in maxilla?

maxilla has 3 syllables: max-il-la. The stress falls on "il". In IPA it is /mækˈsɪlə/.

What is another word for maxilla?

Close synonyms include upper jaw, upper jawbone, maxillary. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is maxilla a common word?

maxilla is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with maxilla?

2 words rhyme with maxilla. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.