The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Denticle \Den"ti*cle\, n. [L. denticulus a little tooth, dim. of dens, dentis, tooth. See Dental, and cf. Dentelli.] A small tooth or projecting point. DenticulateWordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
denticle n 1: small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod