denticle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of denticle
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin denticulus, equivalent to denti- denti- + -culus -cle 1
Vocabulary lists containing denticle
Example Sentences
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Based on these analyses the team rejects the hypothesis that denticle orientation is a specific adaption to suspension feeding.
From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2024
All the tested models, independent of denticle orientation, showed similar flow, velocity and vorticity patterns.
From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2024
When at last the denticle arrived Dietrich put it in her mouth and carried it there for several days.
From Time Magazine Archive
After chemists learned some 15 years ago how to remove the prickly, flint-like denticle from a shark's tough hide, the shark leather industry began to grow.
From Time Magazine Archive
This will bring the denticle near the letter C, and the first point of Aries near X, which means 9 a.m.”
From Astronomical Lore in Chaucer by Grimm, Florence M.
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