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dentary bone

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 齒骨 /齿骨 (chǐgǔ) — mandible of a vertebrate, or homologous bone in the lower jaw of ancestral and related animals
  • Finnish: alaleuan luu — mandible of a vertebrate, or homologous bone in the lower jaw of ancestral and related animals
  • Japanese: 歯骨 (shikotsu) — mandible of a vertebrate, or homologous bone in the lower jaw of ancestral and related animals