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Researchers believe those denticles in the upper and lower jaws likely rubbed together to grind food.
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Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2026
Researchers believe the denticles in the upper and lower jaws likely rubbed together to grind food.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
The lower jaw twisted outward, and the inner jaw contained small grinding teeth called denticles.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
One 2019 study assessed the effects of pH on shark skin denticles, specialized, scale-like structures embedded in shark skin made up of the same material as their teeth that aid sharks’ hydrodynamic and efficient movement through the water.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
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Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2026
Researchers believe the denticles in the upper and lower jaws likely rubbed together to grind food.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
The lower jaw twisted outward, and the inner jaw contained small grinding teeth called denticles.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
One 2019 study assessed the effects of pH on shark skin denticles, specialized, scale-like structures embedded in shark skin made up of the same material as their teeth that aid sharks’ hydrodynamic and efficient movement through the water.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Denticle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/denticle. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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denticle
noun
den·ti·cle
ˈdent-i-kəl 
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