radula
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See also: Radula
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin rādula (“scraper”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
radula (plural radulae)
- (zoology) The rasping tongue of snails and all other mollusks except bivalves.
- 2015 February 18, Asa H. Barber, Dun Lu, Nicola M. Pugno, “Extreme strength observed in limpet teeth”, in Journal of the Royal Society Interface:
- The radula end containing the first 5–10 rows of teeth showed evidence of wear from rasping over rock surfaces during feeding and was removed using dissection.
- 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 98:
- What Kruta found in the ammonoid fossils was an unfoldable radula covered with delicate, comblike teeth.
Translations[edit]
the rasping tongue of snails and most other molluscs
Gallery[edit]
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the tongue-like radula
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schematic of radula
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microscopic view of radula
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scrape marks on rock caused by the action of the radula of a limpet
Further reading[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
radula f (plural radulas)
Further reading[edit]
- “radula”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From rād(ō) (“I scrape”) + -ula, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁d-. Compare with rāstrum and rallum.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈraː.du.la/, [ˈräːd̪ʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈra.du.la/, [ˈräːd̪ulä]
Noun[edit]
rādula f (genitive rādulae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | rādula | rādulae |
Genitive | rādulae | rādulārum |
Dative | rādulae | rādulīs |
Accusative | rādulam | rādulās |
Ablative | rādulā | rādulīs |
Vocative | rādula | rādulae |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “radula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- radula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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