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odontophore |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Odontophore \O*don"to*phore\, n. [Odonto- + Gr ? to bear.] (Zo["o]l.) 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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