Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A flexible tonguelike organ found in most mollusks, having rows of horny teeth on the surface and used in feeding for scraping or cutting.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In conchology, the tongue or lingual ribbon of a mollusk, specifically called
odontophore , and more particularly, the rasping surface or set of teeth of the odontophore, which bites like a file.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called also
lingual ribbon , andtongue . Seeodontophore .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology The
rasping tongue ofsnails and most othermollusks .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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All gastropods feed by using a radula, which is a tongue-like structure covered by rows of rasping teeth.
Slugs and Snails 2008
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Snails and slugs do have teeth on an organ called radula that are sharp enough to cut thru plant tissue.
Malacologist's sink AYDIN 2007
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After tearing apart food with a chitinous tongue called the radula, their food travels down the gullet.
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After tearing apart food with a chitinous tongue called the radula, their food travels down the gullet.
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After tearing apart food with a chitinous tongue called the radula, their food travels down the gullet.
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After tearing apart food with a chitinous tongue called the radula, their food travels down the gullet.
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After tearing apart foot with a chitinous tongue called the radula, their food travels down the gullet.
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After tearing apart foot with a chitinous tongue called the radula, their food travels down the gullet.
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After tearing apart food with a chitinous tongue called the radula, their food travels down the gullet.
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After tearing apart food with a chitinous tongue called the radula, their food travels down the gullet.
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