denticle
Example Sentences
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The shark’s skin, we are told, is covered with triangular “denticles” rather than scales—essentially modified teeth.
In most sharks, rays, and skates, the body is covered in small, tooth-like scales called denticles.
From Science Daily
They simulated water flow around 2D models consisting of rows of denticles both forward-facing and reversed so they could assess whether either of these orientations create recirculation patterns hydrodynamically linked to suspension feeding.
From Science Daily
But the suction cups wouldn’t stick to the rays’ mucus-covered dermal denticles—tooth-like scales that cover the bodies of sharks and rays.
From National Geographic
They analyzed the fossils’ rostral denticles, the spikes that jut from the sides of a sawfish’s snout to aid in foraging and self-defense.
From Scientific American
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