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Definition: DENTARY

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The distal bone of the lower jaw in many animals, which may or may not bear teeth.[Websters].
Adjective 1. Pertaining to, or bearing, teeth.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb dentarily.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(dentarily)		 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective dentary.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Dentary" is a common misspelling or typo for: dietary, denture, datary, denary.

Date "Dentary" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: DENTARY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. The distal bone of the lower jaw in many animals, which may or may not bear teeth.[Websters].
Adjective1. Pertaining to, or bearing, teeth.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb dentarily.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(dentarily)		1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective dentary.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "DENTARY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)