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Webster 1913 Edition


Radula

‖

Rad′u-la

(răd′ū̍-lȧ)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Radulae
(răd′ū̍-lē)
.
[L., a scraper, fr.
radere
to scrape.]
(Zool.)
The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; – called also
lingual ribbon
, and
tongue
. See
Odontophore
.