ptenoglossate
/ˌtiːnəʊˈɡlɒseɪt/Zoology rare
adjective
Of the radula of a gastropod: having no median teeth but a large number of lateral teeth resembling the barbs of a feather. Of a gastropod: having such a radula; belonging to a taxon Ptenoglossa so characterized (variously ranked between superfamily and order).
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Century Dictionary. From ancient Greek πτηνός feathered + γλῶσσα tongue + -ate, after post-classical Latin ptenoglossa.
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- Seoul
- sep.
- sepal
- separability
- separable
- separableness
- separably
- separate
- separate but equal
- separately
- separateness
- separate (or sort out) the men from the boys
- separate (or sort) the wheat from the chaff
- separate school
- separate the men from the boys
- pectineal
- pectinesterase
- pectineus
- pectinibranch
- pectinic acid
- pectinid
- pectiniform
- pectinirhomb
- pectinmethylesterase