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Stingray barbs are a kind of dermal denticle—like a tooth—on a tail that can be whipped around.
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Katharine Gammon, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
Winning combination The authors of this latest paper focused on how the great white shark's denticles might reduce friction drag.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Aug. 2024
Enlarge / Great white sharks can reduce drag at different swimming speeds thanks to high and low ridged denticles in its skin.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Aug. 2024
Shark skin, too, is covered with dermal denticles—tiny teeth, which keep away the barnacles that plague whales.
—Katherine Rundell, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
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Katharine Gammon, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
Winning combination The authors of this latest paper focused on how the great white shark's denticles might reduce friction drag.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Aug. 2024
Enlarge / Great white sharks can reduce drag at different swimming speeds thanks to high and low ridged denticles in its skin.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Aug. 2024
Shark skin, too, is covered with dermal denticles—tiny teeth, which keep away the barnacles that plague whales.
—Katherine Rundell, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
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“Denticle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/denticle. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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denticle
noun
den·ti·cle
ˈdent-i-kəl 
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