glossophorous

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  1. Having a tongue; specifically, in Mollusca, of or pertaining to the Glossophora. The very general presence of jaws in the Glossophorous mollusca. Science, TV. 143.

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  1. from New Latin glossophorus, from Greek γλῶσσ, σ1α, tongue, + -φόρος, from φέρειν = English bear.
 

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