— odontophoral /oh'don tof"euhr euhl/ , odontophorine /oh'don tof"euh ruyn', -euhr in/ , odontophorous , adj.
/oh don"teuh fawr', -fohr'/ , n. Zool.
a structure in the mouth of most mollusks over which the radula is drawn backward and forward in the process of breaking up food.
[ 1865-70; odontophóros bearing teeth. See ODONTO-, -PHORE ]