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noun, plural -lae 
[-lee] .
[-lee] . a chitinous band in the mouth of most mollusks, set with numerous, minute, horny teeth and drawn backward and forward over the floor of the mouth in the process of breaking up food.
Origin:
1745–55; < Neo-Latin rādula, Latin: scraper, equivalent to rād(ere) to scrape, rub + -ula -ule
1745–55; < Neo-Latin rādula, Latin: scraper, equivalent to rād(ere) to scrape, rub + -ula -ule
Related forms
rad·u·lar, adjective
sub·rad·u·lar, adjective
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Radular
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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