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odontophore

odontophore noun: a projection in the mouths of most molluscs, used with the radula to break up food.

Noun

odontophore (plural odontophores)

  1. A projection in the mouths of most molluscs, used with the radula to break up food.

odontophore meaning in Tamil

odontophore in Tamil

பல்தாங்கி

Forms of odontophore

pluralodontophores

Origin of odontophore

From odonto- + -phore.

Words formed from odontophore

Questions about odontophore

What does odontophore mean?
Odontophore means a projection in the mouths of most molluscs, used with the radula to break up food.
What is odontophore in Tamil?
Odontophore in Tamil is பல்தாங்கி. See Odontophore meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is odontophore?
Odontophore is a noun.
What is the plural of odontophore?
The plural of odontophore is odontophores.

Words near odontophore in the dictionary

  1. odontophobia
  2. odontophobias
  3. odontophobic
  4. odontophobics
  5. odontophoral
  6. odontophore
  7. odontophores
  8. odontophorid
  9. odontophorids
  10. odontophorous
  11. odontophrynid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: odontophore (page history and authors); odontophore (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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