Look up: radula

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   Radula
   A belt of teeth, found in gastropods and chitons. Used for feeding.
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   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 , and tongue . See Odontophore .
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   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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   Radula
   The `radula` is the toothed chitinous ribbon in the mouth of most mollusks, used for cutting and chewing food before it enters the esophagus. It is present in all molluscs except bivalves, and only in molluscs. For example, Gastropods use it to graze and scrape diatoms and other microscopic algae off rock surfaces and other substrata. Squid use it for cutting prey. The remainder of this article is about radula in gastropods. The mouth of the gas...
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   Radula
   • (n.) The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called also lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore.
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   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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   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, ...
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