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To Ahlberg, it is clear that external tissue can produce complex, toothlike scales.

From Scientific American • Dec. 2, 2022

The big test of how we would cope with the altitude came on Day Four, when we climbed to Lava Tower, a giant, toothlike rock at 15,200 feet.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2022

In a group called Scaptomyza, bristle number increased with the onset of plant-eating around 10 million years ago, suggesting that a greater density of these toothlike hairs helped with herbivory.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2022

Saltillo, a sprawling industrial city a few hours south of Laredo, sits in a wide valley surrounded by toothlike mountain ridges.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2013

Another difference in this type of shield is the addition of ornamental toothlike tracings.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.