Meanings
noundentary bone (plural dentary bones)
plural dentary bones
- The mandible of a vertebrate, or homologous bone in the lower jaw of ancestral and related animals, which holds teeth.
Synonyms: dentary
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe mandible of a vertebrate, or homologous bone in the lower jaw of ancestral and related animals, which holds teeth.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 齒骨 /齿骨
- 齒骨 /齿骨 (chǐgǔ)mandible of a vertebrate, or homologous bone in the lower jaw of ancestral and related animals
Finnish alaleuan luu
- alaleuan luumandible of a vertebrate, or homologous bone in the lower jaw of ancestral and related animals
Japanese 歯骨
- 歯骨 (shikotsu)mandible of a vertebrate, or homologous bone in the lower jaw of ancestral and related animals
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dentary bone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentary%20bone
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“dentary bone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentary%20bone. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dentary bone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentary%20bone.
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