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.
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Radula
//ˈɹæd͡ʒ.ʊ.lə//
Synonyms for "radula"
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Translations
7 translations across 5 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- raastinkieli noun (the rasping tongue of snails and most other molluscs)
- radula noun (the rasping tongue of snails and most other molluscs)
Māori
1 entries- hākuku noun (the rasping tongue of snails and most other molluscs)
Portuguese
1 entries- rádula noun (the rasping tongue of snails and most other molluscs)
Russian
2 entries- ра́дула noun (the rasping tongue of snails and most other molluscs)
- тёрка noun (the rasping tongue of snails and most other molluscs)
Welsh
1 entries- radwla noun (the rasping tongue of snails and most other molluscs)
Sample sentences
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What Kruta found in the ammonoid fossils was an unfoldable radula covered with delicate, comblike teeth.
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