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  • n  small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod

  • When at last the denticle arrived Dietrich put it in her mouth and carried it there for several days.
  • 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.

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