radula

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin rādula (scraper).

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Noun

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radula (plural radulae)

  1. (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.

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Noun

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radula f (plural radulas)

  1. radula

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Latin

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Etymology

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From rād(ō) (I scrape) +‎ -ula, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁d-. Compare with rāstrum and rallum.

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Noun

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rādula f (genitive rādulae); first declension

  1. a scraper, scraping-iron

Declension

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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

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  • English: radula
  • French: radula
  • Dutch: radula
  • Portuguese: rádula

References

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  • 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.