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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 - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
The odontostylet is supported by a ring of stiff extended tissue known as the odontophore. In some groups, the middle section of the stoma is called a stegostom ...
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odontophore
odontophore Zool. (əʊˈdɒntəfɔə(r)) [ad. Gr. ὀδοντοϕόρ-ος bearing teeth, f. ὀδούς, ὀδοντ- tooth + -ϕόρος bearing.] A ribbon-like or strap-like structure covered with teeth, forming the masticatory organ of certain molluscs; the lingual ribbon or ‘tongue’. Also attrib.1870 Nicholson Man. Zool. 251 The...
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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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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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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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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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Careoradula perelegans
Digestive system: Careoradula perelegans is unique among other streptaxids, because it has no radula, no odontophore and no retractor muscles associated
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odontophorous
odontophorous, a. Zool. (ɒdɒnˈtəʊfərəs) [f. as prec. + -ous.] Possessing an odontophore.1870 Rolleston Anim. Life Introd. 87 The three classes Cephalopoda, Gasteropoda, Pteropoda, are placed together in one division as odontophorous Mollusca. 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. viii. 513 These are odontoph...
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Xiphinema americanum
The guiding ring is attached to a flanged odontophore.
Females: The body is usually in an "open C" conformation. The two rings of the odontophore are located 3 μm apart.
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ptenoglossate
ptenoglossate, a. Zool. (pt-, ˌtiːnəʊˈglɒsət) [f. Gr. πτηνό-ς feathered + γλῶσσα tongue + -ate2.] Of certain molluscs: Having no median teeth on the odontophore, but a large number of lateral teeth resembling the barbs of a feather.
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