- buccal tentacles
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/cirri (ANNELIDA)Elongate or digitiform food gathering appendages in or around the mouth.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
buccal tentacles
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