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dentary bones

dentary bones is the plural of dentary bone.

Meaning of dentary bone

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

Questions about dentary bones

What is dentary bones the plural of?
Dentary bones is the plural of dentary bone.

Words near dentary bones in the dictionary

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

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