retro-serrulate

ret·ro·ser·ru·late

[re-troh-ser-yuh-lit, -leyt, -ser-uh-]
adjective Botany, Zoology.
having tiny retrorse teeth or barbs.

Origin:
1820–30; retro- + serrulate

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