radula

radula

See also: Radula

English

Etymology

From Latin rādula (“scraper”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæd͡ʒ.ʊ.lə/

Noun

radula (plural radulae)

1. (zoology) The rasping tongue of snails and all other mollusks except bivalves.
   • 2015, Asa H. Barber, Dun Lu, Nicola M. Pugno, "Extreme strength observed in limpet teeth", Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 18 February 2015

     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

the rasping tongue of snails and most other molluscs

Maori: hākuku Portuguese: rádula (pt) f Russian: ра́дула (ru) f (rádula), тёрка (ru) f (tjórka) Welsh: radwla m or f

Gallery

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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

• radula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

radula f (plural radulas)

1. radula

Further reading

• “radula”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Etymology

From rād(ō) (“I scrape”) +‎ -bulum, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁d- + *-dʰlom. Confer with rāstrum and rallum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈraː.du.la/, [ˈräːd̪ʊɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈra.du.la/, [ˈräːd̪ulä]

Noun

rādula f (genitive rādulae); first declension

1. a scraper, scraping-iron

Declension

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

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

References

• “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