The largest and most anterior bone of the lower jaw.

a bony element of the lower jaw usually bearing teeth

bone of the lower jaw (may also be called the mandible).

Bone of lower jaw, forming half of mandible.

the tooth-bearing bone in the lower jaw. In reptiles it is only one of several jaw bones, but in mammals the dentary forms the entire lower jaw on each side. The dentary becomes progressively larger during the evolution of mammal-like reptiles to mammals.