"Odontophore" is a word in ENGLISH
A special structure found in the mouth of most
mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a
cartilage which supports a chitinous radula, or lingual ribbon, armed
with teeth. Also applied to the radula alone. See Radula.
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A division of gastropod mollusks having the teeth of the radula arranged in long transverse rows, somewhat like the barbs …
Read the complete definitionThe chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called also lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore.
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Read the complete definitionA division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes …
Read the complete definitionThe median part of the radula of a mollusk.
Read the complete definitionA division of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula are converted into poison fangs. The cone shells (Conus), Pleurotoma, …
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