a small rib or the portion of meat cut off at the top of the rib
Examples of 'riblet' in a sentence
riblet
Shark skin surfaces show non-smoothness characteristics due to the presence of a riblet structure.
Xia Pu, Guangji Li, Hanlu Huang 2016, 'Preparation, anti-biofouling and drag-reduction properties of a biomimetic shark skinsurface', Biology Openhttp://bio.biologists.org/content/5/4/389. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)