Odontophore

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Odontophore \O*don"to*phore\, n. [Odonto- + Gr. fe`rein to
     bear.] (Zool.)
     A special structure found in the mouth of most mollusks,
     except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a
     cartilage which supports a chitinous radula, or lingual
     ribbon, armed with teeth. Also applied to the radula alone.


     See {Radula}.
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