adjective
- relating to or resembling a radula (the rasping feeding organ of mollusks)
Usage: biological/zoological
Examples
- The radular teeth of the snail are used to scrape algae from rocks.
- Scientists studied the radular structure to understand the mollusk’s feeding habits.
- The radular ribbon contains hundreds of tiny teeth arranged in rows.
- Radular morphology varies significantly among different gastropod species.
- The researcher examined radular wear patterns in marine snails.