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radulae

radulae is the plural of radula.

Meaning of radula

Noun

radula (plural radulae)

  1. The rasping tongue of snails and all other mollusks except bivalves.
    • The radula end containing the first 5–10 rows of teeth showed evidence of wear from rasping over rock surfaces during feeding and was removed using dissection.2015 February 18, Asa H. Barber, Dun Lu, Nicola M. Pugno, “Extreme strength observed in limpet teeth”, in Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Questions about radulae

What is radulae the plural of?
Radulae is the plural of radula.

Words near radulae in the dictionary

  1. radtwt
  2. Raducanu
  3. Raducanus
  4. Radukhivka
  5. radula
  6. radulae
  7. radular
  8. radulate
  9. radulation
  10. radulations
  11. Radulescu

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