maxIlla rIde

pl. [Latin maxillar ( ia ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ida.] Bot .: A family of orchids, tribe Vandese. max-Il-lar-ỹ, tmax-ll-lar, a. & 8. [Lat. max illaris belonging to the jaw; maxilla =the jaw.] A. As adjective : Anat .: Of or pertaining to the jaw. "The greatest quantity of hard substances continued is toward the head; there is the skull, the teeth, and the maxillary bones."- Bacon : Nat . Hist ., § 747. B. As subst.: The jaw-bone. maxillary-bone, s. Anat.: The jaw-bone. maxillary-sinus, s. Anat.: A large cavity lying above the molar teeth and below the orbital palate, communicating "Hec cimis, Anglicè mawke."-Wright: Vol. of Vocab., with the middle meatus of the nose. Called also p. 190. 2. A slattern.