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rad·u·la

 (răj′o͝o-lə)
n. pl. rad·u·lae (-lē′)
A flexible tonguelike organ found in most mollusks, having rows of horny teeth on the surface and used in feeding for scraping or cutting.
[Latin rādula, scraper, from rādere, to scrape; see rēd- in Indo-European roots.]
rad′u·lar adj.
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radula

(ˈrædjʊlə)
n, pl -lae (-ˌliː)
(Zoology) a horny tooth-bearing strip on the tongue of molluscs that is used for rasping food
[C19: from Late Latin: a scraping iron, from Latin rādere to scrape]
ˈradular adj
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rad•u•la

(ˈrædʒ ʊ lə)

n., pl. -lae (-ˌli)
a tonguelike band in the mouth of most gastropods, set with rows of teeth.
[1745–55; < New Latin rādula; Latin: scraper =rād(ere) to scrape, rub + -ula -ule]
rad′u•lar, adj.
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I did my Biology at University College,--getting out the ovary of the earthworm and the radula of the snail, and all that.
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festiva Hubrecht, 1888, including radula morphology, ventrolateral foregut glands, and descriptions and illustrations of the reproductive system.
Hard and soft anatomy in two genera of Dondersiidae (Mollusca, Aplacophora, Solenogastres)
Los dos ejemplares seleccionados para las observaciones de la radula, los elementos del cinturon y la micro topografia del tegumento, se prepararon utilizando el metodo descrito en Bullock (1985).
Nueva especie del quiton Lepidochitona (Polyplacophora: Ischnochitonidae) de Puerto Rico
Such a radula conforms to the pattern seen in Tropidophora (Ligatella) Martens, 1880 (Fischer-Piette et al.
New species of land snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from two isolated karst formations in central western Madagascar: Tsingy Beanka and Antsingimavo, with additional notes on other regional endemics
Much of the work conducted in this and other molluscan systems has focused on motor systems, especially motoneurons controlling the buccal feeding apparatus and radula (Murphy, 2001; Elliott and Susswein, 2002; Wentzell et al, 2009).
Regulation and restoration of motoneuronal synaptic transmission during neuromuscular regeneration in the pulmonate snail Helisoma trivolvis
1996), the efficiency of the radula (Daume & Ryan 2004, Johnston et al.
Use of algal diets to aid early weaning in the abalone haliotis iris
The central tooth of the radula is tricuspid or unicuspid.
Four species of land snails from Costa Rica and Panama (Pulmonata: Spiraxidae)
McLean (1981, 1982), however, identified certain lineages within these subfamilies that shared distinctive features of the shell, radula and epipodium.
A revision of the chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean
Larvae had 8 rows of chitinized radula teeth at the commencement of bioassays.
Settlement of Haliotis australis larvae: role of cues and orientation of the substratum
The species possesses a relatively large file-like radula that appears to be used for scraping the very fine bone fragments found in its guts.
Rubyspira, new genus and two new species of bone-eating deep-sea snails with ancient habits
They are primitive prosobranchs with radula modified for herbivory (Brusca and Brusca 1990) and possess a single snail-like shell.
Population structure and accompanying biota of the snail Turbo (Callopoma) funiculosus (Gastropoda: Turbinidae), on Socorro Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico

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