dentary bone

English

Noun

dentary bone (plural dentary bones)

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

Synonyms

dentary

Translations

mandible of a vertebrate, or homologous bone in the lower jaw of ancestral and related animals

Chinese:
Mandarin: 齒骨／齿骨 (chǐgǔ)
Japanese: 歯骨 (ja) (しこつ, shikotsu)

See also

dentary bone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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