Radula

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-023053",
  "term": "Radula",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A flexible, toothed organ in the mouths of gastropods used to graze and scrape microscopic algae off hard surfaces.\n\n2. A scraping organ for mastication in certain mollusks, such as snails. In many gastropods the radula consists of a variable number of chitinous teeth, of different shape and size, located in the anterior portion of the pharynx.\n\n3. Flexible, toothed organ in the mouths of gastropods used to graze and scrape microscopic algae off hard surfaces.",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "NOAA Coral Reef Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/radula/"
}