denticle

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Known as “dermal denticles,” these scales function like protective armor and their ridges also reduce drag as the animals swim, said Elizabeth C. Sibert, an oceanographer and paleontologist at Yale University.

From New York Times

In the meantime, the grim but inevitable result—teeth, bone fragments and toothlike scales called denticles—sank to the bottom.

From Scientific American

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, swimmer Michael Phelps won eight gold medals wearing a suit inspired by the tiny, toothlike denticles in sharks’ skin that reduce drag and boost their speed.

From The Guardian

After two months, an electron-microscope analysis revealed that the concentrations of calcium and phosphate in the sharks’ denticles were significantly reduced.

From Scientific American

Shark skin is weird, plated in toothlike scales called denticles.

From New York Times