Found 1 hit - Term: odontophore, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
odontophore \odon"tophore\, n. odonto- + gr. fe`rein to
bear. zool.
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.
1913 webster
see also:
radula
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