dentary bone

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dentary bone

noun dentary bones

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

日本語	歯骨 shikotsu
中文	齒骨 /齿骨 chǐgǔ

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@misc{dentary_bone_2026,
  title = {dentary bone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dentary%20bone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}