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Webster 1913 Edition
Rhipidoglossa
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Rhi-piˊdo-glos′sa
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] a fan + [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] a tongue.]
(Zool.)
A division of gastropod mollusks having a large number of long, divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse row. It includes the scutibranchs. See Illustration in Appendix.