dentary bone

English

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

Translations

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 齒骨／齿骨 (chǐgǔ)

• Finnish: alaleuan luu
• Japanese: 歯骨 (ja) (しこつ, shikotsu)

See also

• dentary bone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia