Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Odontophore"
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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