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  1. Radula
    A belt of teeth, found in gastropods and chitons. Used for feeding.
    Found op http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/glossary.rs.html

  2. Radula
    Rad'u·la (răd'u*lȧ) noun ; plural Radulæ (- lē). [ Latin , a scraper, from radere to scrape.] (Zoology) The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called also lingual ribbon , an...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/5

  3. radula
    Origin: L, a scraper, fr. Radere to scrape. ... <zoology> The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; called also lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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  4. Radula
    • (n.) The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called also lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/radula/

  5. radula
    horny, ribbonlike structure found in the mouths of all mollusks except the bivalves. The radula, part of the odontophore, may be protruded, and it is ... [4 related articles]
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  6. Radula
    The radula (plural radulae or radulas) is an anatomical structure that is used by molluscs for feeding, sometimes compared rather inaccurately to a tongue. It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food enters the esophagus. The radu...
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  7. radula
    A structure found in the mouth of some mollusks which is used to rasp food. The radula consists of a tongue-like strip of horny material (modified epithelium, which bears many rows of chitnous or horny teeth. In slugs and snails, it is used to rasp off pieces of leafy food. In some marine mollusks, ...
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/R/radula.html

  8. Radula
    [plant] Radula is a genus of liverwort, and is the only genus in family Radulaceae. It contains the following species (but this list could be incomplete): ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radula_(plant)

  9. Radula
    [disambiguation] A radula is the toothed chitinous ribbon in the mouth of most mollusks. The term may also refer to: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radula_(disambiguation)

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