odontophoren.
/ə(ʊ)ˈdɒntə(ʊ)fɔː/, U.S. /oʊˈdɑn(t)əˌfɔr/ Zoology.
A movable ribbon-like cartilaginous projection in the mouth of a mollusc on which the rasping organ or radula is supported. Also (occasionally): the radula itself.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > mollusc or shell-fish > parts of mollusc
ungulaa1382
mantlea1475
trunk1661
diaphragm1665
lid1681
operculum1681
ear1688
beard1697
corslet1753
scar1793
opercle1808
pleura1826
pallium1834
byssus1835
cephalic ganglia1835–6
opercule1836
lingual ribbon1839
tube1839
cloak1842
test1842
collar1847
testa1847
rachis1851
uncinus1851
land-shell1853
mantle cavity1853
mesopodium1853
propodium1853
radula1853
malacology1854
gill comb1861
pallial cavity1862
tongue-tootha1877
mesopode1877
odontophore1877
pallial chamber1877
shell-gland1877
rasp1879
protopodium1880
ctenidium1883
osphradium1883
shell-sac1883
tooth-ribbon1883
megalaesthete1885
rachidian1900
scungille1953
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1877 J. B. Holder Hist. Amer. Fauna in J. Richardson et al. Museum Nat. Hist. III. p. cclxvii/1 Gasteropods have what is termed an odontophore—a ‘tooth-bearer’, or lingual ribbon, situated within the mouth.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals viii. 514 The mouth is..provided..with a well-developed odontophore.
1945 E. Step & A. L. Wells Shell Life (new ed.) 42 The organ is variously known as the tongue, the radula, the lingual ribbon, or the odontophore.
1994 E. E. Ruppert & R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 6) x. 368/1 Not only can the odontophore be projected out of the mouth, but also the radula can move to some extent over the odontophore.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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