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Webster 1913 Edition

Ptenoglossa

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Pteˊno-glos′sa

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Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr.[GREEK] feathered + [GREEK] tongue.]

(Zool.)

A division of gastropod mollusks having the teeth of the radula arranged in long transverse rows, somewhat like the barbs of a feather.