dentary

[ den-tuh-ree ]

noun,plural den·ta·ries.Zoology.
  1. one of a pair of membrane bones that in lower vertebrates form the distal part of the lower jaws and in mammals comprise the mandible.

Origin of dentary

1
1820–30; <Latin dentārius of the teeth, equivalent to dent- (stem of dēns) tooth + -ārius-ary

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