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Meanings of upper jawbone in English

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The jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium.

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        Usage of upper jawbone in English
        1
        These are some three or four cubits long, and are fixed in the upper jawbone, and consequently not in the lowermost.
        Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5
        2
        'Whale's Tongue In Soy Sauce', 'Special Bits Of The Whale Put Together' and ' Upper Jawbone Distilled In Sake' are not for the faint-hearted.
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