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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.
1870Nicholson Man. Zool. 251 The intestine has a neural flexure, and there is no odontophore. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. viii. 514 The mouth is..provided..with a well⁓developed odontophore. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 452 The stomodaeum in the Glossophora..contains an organ known as radula, composed of a chitinous membrane bearing chitinoid teeth, developed within a sac (radular or odontophore sac), and growing throughout life. |