radula
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 -
schematic of radula -
microscopic view of radula -
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.