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radula <pl radulae> [Brit ˈradjʊlə, Am ˈrædʒələ] N

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The odontophore is movable and protrusible, and the radula itself is movable over the odontophore. en.wikipedia.org

Snails eat solid food by rasping it away with their radula. en.wikipedia.org

The moon snail envelops the prey and then bores a hole through the shell using its radula and an acid secretion. en.wikipedia.org

It has an extensible rasping radula with which it drills a hole through it victim's shell. en.wikipedia.org

When the rock is wet it moves about and uses its radula to rasp microscopic algae and diatoms off the rock surface. en.wikipedia.org

The snail then retracts the radula, drawing the subdued prey into the mouth. en.wikipedia.org

The rachiglossate (rasp-like) radula, a layer of serially arranged teeth within the mouth, has only three denticles (small teeth) in each transverse row. en.wikipedia.org

The muscular pharynx is bulbous and narrows to the posterior; it contains the hook-shaped radula. en.wikipedia.org

Cone snails use a hypodermic-like modified radula tooth and a venom gland to attack and paralyze their prey before engulfing it. en.wikipedia.org

They scrape up films of algae with a radula, a ribbon-like tongue with rows of teeth. en.wikipedia.org

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