radula C2 Topic:Animals US /ˈɹædʒələ/ UK /ˈrædjʊlə/ See IPA manual Freq #431921 Meanings 1 noun a ribbonlike feeding organ bearing rows of tiny teeth, used by most mollusks to scrape or cut food The snail drew its radula across the algae coating the stone. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a ribbonlike feeding organ... rasping tongue Word family Derived forms radular Related forms molluskgastropod Etymology A modern scientific borrowing from Latin radula ('scraper'), formed from radere ('to scrape'). The name describes the organ's rows of minute teeth, which work like a rasp as a mollusk feeds. Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # radula **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɹædʒələ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈrædjʊlə/ **Frequency rank:** 431921 ## Meanings 1. a ribbonlike feeding organ bearing rows of tiny teeth, used by most mollusks to scrape or cut food ## Examples - The snail drew its radula across the algae coating the stone. ## Synonyms - rasping tongue ## Derived Forms - radular ## Related Forms - mollusk - gastropod ## Etymology A modern scientific borrowing from Latin radula ('scraper'), formed from radere ('to scrape'). The name describes the organ's rows of minute teeth, which work like a rasp as a mollusk feeds. ## Topics - Animals markdown