axilla

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Flanks dark brown with pale blue spots in axilla and groin and bluish white flecks on mid-flank.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.

The thermometer seldom shows a temperature above 105°, but I have seen 106.5° recorded in the axilla in the hot stage of a paroxysm of simple intermittent fever.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Ventrolateral glands moderately developed, not reaching axilla or groin and broadly separated midventrally.

From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.

Ventrolateral glands noticeably thickened, extending from axilla nearly to groin and only narrowly separated medially on chest.

From Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V by Duellman, William E.

Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah