axilla
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The temperature in the axilla is normally about half a degree lower than in the mouth.
From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by Cross, American Red
Temperatures taken in the axilla are less accurate than those taken by mouth or rectum.
From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by Cross, American Red
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.
A dark stripe extends from the nostril to the eye and thence posteriorly to a point between the axilla and groin.
From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by Duellman, William E.
Ventrolateral glands well developed, reaching axilla and groin and narrowly separated on chest.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.
