Meaning Of The Word Radula

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radula in American English
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
noun: a chitinous band in the mouth of most mollusks, set with numerous, minute, horny teeth and drawn backward and forward over the floor of the mouth in the process of breaking up food

radula in British English
noun: a horny tooth-bearing strip on the tongue of molluscs that is used for rasping food

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