Associations to the word «Dentary»

Wiktionary

DENTARY, adjective. (anatomy) Relating to, or bearing, teeth.
DENTARY, noun. (anatomy) The dentary bone.
DENTARY BONE, noun. The mandible of a vertebrate, or homologous bone in the lower jaw of ancestral and related animals, which holds teeth.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats