denticulation

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noun

The state of being set with small notches or teeth.

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Meanings

noundenticulation (countable and uncountable, plural denticulations)

plural denticulations

  1. countableuncountableThe state of being set with small notches or teeth.

    He only omits the Denticulation of the edges of his Bill, or those small oblique Incisions, which, from their inward respect, are plainly made for the better retention of the Prey

    1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […] W. Rawlins, for the author, →OCLC
  2. countableuncountablebiologyA small tooth; a denticle.
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