Crossword clues for axillae
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Axilla \Ax*il"la\ ([a^]ks*[i^]l"l[.a]), n.; pl. Axillae ([a^]ks*[i^]l"l[=ae]). [L.] (Anat.) The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
2. (Bot.) An axil.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of axilla English)
WordNet
See axilla
n. the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder; "they were up to their armpits in water" [syn: armpit, axillary cavity, axillary fossa]
[also: axillae (pl)]
Usage examples of "axillae".
Instead of hair they possess a chitinous white growth on face, axillae and genitals.
Incisions had been sliced into the goon's thick hide at the axillae, where many-jointed arms and legs met ribs and bony plates.
It could not accurately be claimed that the dismembered woman was exactly twenty-six years old, although it could have been said that her remains appeared to be those of a post-prepubescent female who probÂably was in her late teens or twenties, and that she had dark brown hair in her axillae, or armpits.
It could not accurately be claimed that the dismembered woman was exactly twenty-six years old, although it could have been said that her remains appeared to be those of a post-prepubescent female who probably was in her late teens or twenties, and that she had dark brown hair in her axillae, or armpits.