Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A denticulated condition or character.
- noun A denticle, or projection on a denticulate margin; a small tooth, or set of small teeth or notches: frequently used in the plural.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being set with small notches or teeth.
- noun (Bot. & Zoöl.) A diminutive tooth; a denticle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being set with small
notches or teeth. - noun botany, zoology A small
tooth ; adenticle .
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Examples
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It has been thought that some of the buildings represented on the bas-reliefs have triangular denticulation in place of the battlements figured on the last page; [317] and there are, in fact, instances in the reliefs of walls denticulated like a palisade (see Fig. 38), but these must not, we think, be taken literally.
A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 Georges Perrot 1873
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Their jawbones are generally arched forward toward the front, and are furnished with sharp horny plates, in which a fairly-marked denticulation or notching may sometimes be traced, as in the bills of birds of prey.
The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Jean Mac�� 1854
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Kalany-ganga, close to Colombo, of which two were _Helastoma_, in shape approaching the Choetodon; two _Ophicephali_, one a _Silurus_, and one an _Anabas_, but the gills were without denticulation.
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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Kalanyganga, close to Colombo, of which two were _Helostoma_, in shape approaching the Chætodon; two _Ophiocephali_, one a _Silurus_, and one an _Anabas_, but the gills were without denticulation.
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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