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Odontophore

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Odontophore \O*don"to*phore\, n. [Odonto- + Gr. ? to bear.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   A special structure found in the mouth of most mollusks,
   except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a
   cartilage which supports a chitinous radula, or lingual
   ribbon, armed with teeth. Also applied to the radula alone.
   See {Radula}.
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