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Odontophore - Wikipedia
The odontophore is part of the feeding mechanism in molluscs. It is the cartilage which underlies and supports the radula, a ribbon of teeth.
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ODONTOPHORE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of ODONTOPHORE is a usually more or less protrusible structure in the mouths of most mollusks except the bivalves that supports the radula.
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Odontophore | mollusk anatomy - Britannica
Gastropods have a firm odontophore at the anterior end of the digestive tract. Generally, this organ supports a broad ribbon (radula) covered with a few to ...
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odontophoran
odontophoran, a. and n. Zool. (ɒdɒnˈtɒfərən) [f. mod.L. Odontophora (neut. pl. of Gr. ὀδοντοϕόρος: see next), a proposed primary division of the Mollusca, including all those which have an odontophore, i.e. the Cephalopoda, Gasteropoda, and Pteropoda, with the tooth-shells, and chitons: see -an.] a....
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Odontophore - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Odontophoral cartilages are present in the buccal mass dorsal to the radula where they support the chitinous and toothed radula during feeding.
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ODONTOPHORE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Odontophore definition: a structure in the mouth of most mollusks over which the radula is drawn backward and forward in the process of breaking up food.
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odontophoral
odontophoral, a. Zool. (ɒdɒnˈtɒfərəl) [f. as odontophore + -al1.] a. Of or pertaining to an odontophore. b. = odontophoran a.1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. viii. 490 Certain of the muscular bundles are also attached to the fore part of the odontophoral cartilages themselves.
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Radula-centric and odontophore-centric kinematic models ... - PubMed
The odontophore-centric model creates a globally convex solid representation of the radula/odontophore directly, which then constrains the positions and shapes ...
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odontophore - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
odontophore (plural odontophores). A projection in the mouths of most molluscs, used with the radula to break up food.
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ODONTOPHORE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
An oral muscular protrusible structure in molluscs that supports the radula.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
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Radula diagram - Barnegat Bay Shellfish
The radula slides over a supporting structure of cartilage called the odontophore. Both the radula and the odontophore can be moved forward (protracted) out of ...
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opisthobranchiate
opisthobranchiate, a. (n.) Zool. (-ˈbræŋkɪət) [ad. mod.L. Opisthobranchiāta = Opisthobranchia: see prec.] Belonging to the order Opisthobranchiata or Opisthobranchia of gastropod molluscs, comprising aquatic forms having the gills behind the heart. (Also said of the heart in other orders of molluscs...
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