Radula Definition

răjo͝o-lə
radula
noun
In most mollusks, a ribbonlike structure found in the mouth, bearing numerous rows of teeth, usually used to tear up food and take it into the mouth.
Webster's New World

(zoology) The rasping tongue of snails and most other mollusks.

Wiktionary
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Radulaceae "” a group of leafy liverworts.

Wiktionary

Origin of Radula

  • Latin rādula scraper from rādere to scrape rēd- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin rādula (“scraper").

    From Wiktionary

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