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Odontophore
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) 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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Odontophore'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/o/odontophore.html. 1828.