Definition of: odontophore

(ō·don′tə·fôr, -fōr) noun Zool.
1. A protrusible, ribbonlike organ covered with teeth for rasping, etc., and connected with the mouth of cephalous mollusks.
2. The radula, tongue, or lingual ribbon. [<Gk. odontophoros bearing teeth <odous, odontos tooth + -phoros bearing <pherein bear]
—o·don·toph·o·ral (ō′don·tof′ər·əl) adjective
—o′don·toph′o·rine (-rin, -rēn) adjective & noun
—o′don·toph′·o·rous adjective