Odontophore
[oh-don-tuh-fawr, -fohr] /oʊˈdɒn təˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/
noun, Zoology.
1.
a structure in the mouth of most mollusks over which the radula is drawn backward and forward in the process of breaking up food.
/ɒˈdɒntəˌfɔː/
noun
1.
an oral muscular protrusible structure in molluscs that supports the radula
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