dermal denticle
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- In chondrichthyan: Distinguishing features
…are structurally minute teeth, called dermal denticles, each consisting of a hollow cone of dentine surrounding a pulp cavity and covered externally by a layer of hard enamel-like substances called vitrodentine. The scales covering the skin do not grow throughout life, as they do in bony fishes, but have a…
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