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dentary bone

dentary bone noun: the mandible of a vertebrate, or homologous bone in the lower jaw of ancestral and related animals, which holds teeth.

Noun

dentary bone (plural dentary bones)

  1. The mandible of a vertebrate, or homologous bone in the lower jaw of ancestral and related animals, which holds teeth.
    Synonyms:
    dentary

Synonyms of dentary bone

Forms of dentary bone

pluraldentary bones

Questions about dentary bone

What does dentary bone mean?
Dentary bone means the mandible of a vertebrate, or homologous bone in the lower jaw of ancestral and related animals, which holds teeth.
What part of speech is dentary bone?
Dentary bone is a noun.
What is the plural of dentary bone?
The plural of dentary bone is dentary bones.

Words near dentary bone in the dictionary

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

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