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

Radula Sentence Examples

  • The radula has 160 rows of teeth with twelve teeth in each row.

  • Radula with very numerous marginal teeth arranged like the rays of a fan.

  • In the radula there is a single central tooth or none.

  • The three following families have neither radula nor jaws, and are therefore called Aglossa.

  • Shell solid, piriform, with thick folded columella; lateral teeth of radula bicuspidate.

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Words Starting With

RRARAD

Words Ending With

ALAULA

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Words Starting With R and Ending With A

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With R6 Letter Words Ending With A