DENTICLE

denticle

(noun) small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

denticle (plural denticles)

A small tooth.

(medicine) A pulp stone.

Material serving as the dermis of sharks.

(architecture) A dentil.

Anagrams

• cliented

Source: Wiktionary


Den"ti*cle, n. Etym: [L. denticulus a little tooth, dim. of dens, dentis, tooth. See Dental, and cf. Dentelli.]

Definition: A small tooth or projecting point.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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AMPHIPROSTYLAR

(adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure


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