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Rhinophore
Rhi′no-phore
,Noun.
[
Rhino-
+ Gr. φέρειν
to bear.] (Zool.)
One of the two tentacle-like organs on the back of the head or neck of a nudibranch or tectibranch mollusk. They are usually retractile, and often transversely furrowed or plicate, and are regarded as olfactory organs. Called also
dorsal tentacles
. See Illust. under Pygobranchia
, and Opisthobranchia
. Definition 2024
rhinophore
rhinophore
English
Noun
rhinophore (plural rhinophores)
- A club-shaped structure that occurs in pairs as the most prominent part of the external head anatomy of the dorid nudibranchs.