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DENTICLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does denticle mean?
• DENTICLE (noun)
The noun DENTICLE has 1 sense:
1. small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod
Familiarity information: DENTICLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("denticle" is a kind of...):
tooth (toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell)
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