rachiglossate

rachiglossate
adj. [Gr. rhachis, backbone; glossa, tongue]
(Moll) A radula with three longitudinal rows of teeth: one median (may be simple or have several cusps) and two lateral (rake-like with many cusps).

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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