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denticle
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Denticles , also called serrations , are small bumps on a tooth that serve to give the tooth a serrated edge. In paleontology , denticle characteristics such as size and density (denticles per unit distance) are used to describe and classify fossilized ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A small tooth 2 (context medicine English) A pulp stone 3 Material serving as the dermis of shark
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Denticle \Den"ti*cle\, n. [L. denticulus a little tooth, dim. of dens, dentis, tooth. See Dental , and cf. Dentelli .] A small tooth or projecting point.
Usage examples of denticle.
The blade’s hard alloy and the harder, more brittle denticles ground together in a curtain of sparks.
The blade's hard alloy and the harder, more brittle denticles ground together in a curtain of sparks.
He permitted himself a moment to run his hand down the steel-smooth skin of the back, then backward against the grain of the dermal denticles, which felt like rubbing sandpaper.
Susy stirred suddenly, rasping Jim's side with the dermal denticles, which, like small teeth rather than scales, studded her skin.
Her body had been trapped in a transformation somewhere between the smooth and soft skin of a human and the sharp-edged denticles of a shark, and now neither air nor water could satisfy the headmistress’s physical needs.