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dentary

dentary adjective: relating to, or bearing, teeth.

Adjective

dentary (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or bearing, teeth.

Noun

dentary (plural dentaries)

  1. The dentary bone.

Forms of dentary

pluraldentaries

Origin of dentary

From Middle French dentaire.

Words formed from dentary

Phrases with dentary

Questions about dentary

What does dentary mean?
Dentary means relating to, or bearing, teeth.
What part of speech is dentary?
Dentary can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near dentary in the dictionary

  1. dentalosplenial
  2. dentals
  3. Dentamaro
  4. Dentamaros
  5. dentaries
  6. dentary
  7. dentary bone
  8. dentary bones
  9. dentate
  10. dentate gyri
  11. dentate gyrus

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