What does radula mean?
Radula means (zoology) The rasping tongue of snails and all other mollusks except bivalves..
Radula
/ˈɹæd͡ʒ.ʊ.lə/ · noun
Meaning
(zoology) The rasping tongue of snails and all other mollusks except bivalves..
Example Sentences
The radula end containing the first 5–10 rows of teeth showed evidence of wear from rasping over rock surfaces during feeding and was removed using dissection.
What Kruta found in the ammonoid fossils was an unfoldable radula covered with delicate, comblike teeth.
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Word Forms
- radulae
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The radula end containing the first 5–10 rows of teeth showed evidence of wear from rasping over rock surfaces during feeding and was removed using dissection.
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