radula
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Origin of radula
1745–55; < New Latin rādula, Latin: scraper, equivalent to rād ( ere ) to scrape, rub + -ula -ule
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The scans uncovered a radula, a ribbon-like feeding organ lined with rows of tiny teeth that is found in molluscs.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 7, 2026
The existence of Typhloesus’s toothy radula led the scientists to deduce that the alien goldfish was in fact a mollusk.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
A chitinous scraper called the radula is present in most mollusks.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
The morphology of the jaws and radula suggests that ammonites fed on small marine invertebrates—indeed, tiny crustaceans and snail-like gastropods were found among the jaws of one specimen.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 6, 2011
Body elongated; fins terminal; radula with only two lateral teeth.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
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