Rhipidoglossa

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

  Rhipidoglossa \Rhi*pi`do*glos"sa\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ??? a
     fan + ???? a tongue.] (Zool.)
     A division of gastropod mollusks having a large number of
     long, divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse
     row. It includes the scutibranchs. See Illustration in
     Appendix.


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