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Definition of Dentaries
1. dentary [n] - See also: dentary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dentaries
Literary usage of Dentaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The University Geological Survey of Kansas by Erasmus Haworth, Kansas Geological Survey (1900)
"Fishes with an elongated compressed body ; palatines usually provided with a
single large tooth ; dentaries with an internal row of large teeth, ..."
2. University of California Publications. Bulletin of the Department of by University of California (1868-1952) (1910)
"The posterior ends extend backward as wing-like projections for a short distance
behind the symphysis. Situated on the dentaries are numerous small, ..."
3. Contributions by Chicago (Ill.). University. Walker Museum of Paleontology (1905)
"Teeth in dentaries and posterior part of maxillae in two to four rows, ...
A single row of flattened teeth in dentaries; an inner row on posterior part of ..."
4. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1903)
"All the parts are more or less fragmentary; but it is believed that they furnish
a correct idea of the tooth lines, both of the maxilla; and the dentaries. ..."
5. South African Journal of Science by South African Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"... dentaries. ... Maxillary teeth absent, or present as a pair of tusks. No teeth
on dentaries. ..."
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