a bone in the lower jaw of non-mammalian vertebrates, which holds the teeth
adjective
2. archaic
dental
dentary in American English
(ˈdentəri)
nounWord forms: plural-taries
Zoology
one of a pair of membrane bones that in lower vertebrates form the distal part of the lower jaws and in mammals comprise the mandible
Word origin
[1820–30; ‹ L dentārius of the teeth, equiv. to dent- (s. of dēns) tooth + -ārius-ary]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: analogue, blouse, insider, morphology, tetrapod-ary is a suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Classical and Medieval Latin,on adjectives (elementary; honorary; stationary; tributary), personal nouns (actuary; notary; secretary), or nouns denoting objects, esp. receptacles or places (library; rosary; glossary). The suffix has the general sense “pertaining to, connected with” the referent namedby the base; it is productive in English, sometimes with the additional senses “contributingto,” “for the purpose of,” and usually forming adjectives. Other words that use theaffix -ary include: complimentary, inflationary, revolutionary, visionary
Examples of 'dentary' in a sentence
dentary
Premaxilla and dentary possess very small conical teeth.
G. Arratia, H.-P. Schultze 2012, 'The macrosemiiform fish companion of the Late Jurassic theropod Juravenatorfrom Schamhaupten, Bavaria, Germany', Fossil Recordhttp://www.foss-rec.net/15/5/2012/fr-15-5-2012.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Geometric morphometric analysis of 10 specimens highlights variations in relative size of the dentary.
Paula Rosario Romo de Vivar Martínez, Marina Bento Soares 2015, 'Dentary Morphological Variation in Clevosaurus brasiliensis (Rhynchocephalia, Clevosauridae)from the Upper Triassic of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0119307. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The replacement teeth within the better preserved (left) dentary were visualised.
Lara Sciscio, Fabien Knoll, Emese M. Bordy, Michiel O. de Kock, Ragna Redelstorff 2017, 'Digital reconstruction of the mandible of an adult Lesothosaurus diagnosticus withinsight into the tooth replacement process and diet', PeerJhttps://peerj.com/articles/3054.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Unicuspid, bicuspid and blunt teeth are recognized in both the maxilla and dentary.
Brizuela, Santiago, Albino, Adriana M. 2010, 'Variaciones dentarias en Tupinambis merianae (Squamata: Teiidae)', Cuadernos de Herpetologíahttp://www.aha.org.ar/es/cuadherpetol/variaciones-dentarias-en-tupinambis-merianae-squamata-teiidae.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The lower jaw consists of the dentary, articular, coronoid, supra-angular, angular and splenial.
Rasha E. Abo-Eleneen, Sarah I. Othman, Hanan M. Al-Harbi, Ahmed M. Abdeen, Ahmed A.Allam 2019, 'Anatomical study of the skull of amphisbaenian Diplometopon zarudnyi (Squamata, Amphisbaenia)',Saudi Journal of Biological Scienceshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319562X17301900. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Surface microscopy of the dentary of albertosaurines revealed a previously undescribed sensory modification, as will be described here.
Bruce M Rothschild, Virginia Naples 2017, 'Apparent sixth sense in theropod evolution: The making of a Cretaceous weathervane.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5667833?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Moreover, its dentary and maxillary teeth are unique, remarkably similar to those regarded as having a “rhabdomorphan” affinity.
Paul-Emile Dieudonné, Thierry Tortosa, Fidel Torcida Fernández-Baldor, José IgnacioCanudo, Ignacio Díaz-Martínez 2016, 'An Unexpected Early Rhabdodontid from Europe (Lower Cretaceous of Salas de los Infantes,Burgos Province, Spain) and a Re-Examination of Basal Iguanodontian Relationships',PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0156251. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The remains include a largely complete maxilla and dentary, showing for the first time the anterior dentition of the dentary.
Adam M. Yates 2014, 'New craniodental remains of Thylacinus potens (Dasyuromorphia: Thylacinidae), a carnivorousmarsupial from the late Miocene Alcoota Local Fauna of central Australia', PeerJhttps://peerj.com/articles/547.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Such correlation was not dependent from any linkage between genetic distance and quantitative similarity of dentary forms.
Longino Contoli, Giovanni Amori, Carolina Nazzaro 1993, 'Tooth diversity in Arvicolidae (Mammalia, Rodentia): ecochorological factors and speciationtime / Diversità dentaria nelle arvicole (Mammalia, Rodentia): fattori eco-corologicie tempo di speciazione', Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogyhttp://www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/article/view/3989. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)