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n.; pl. -ula [L. captare, to snatch at, catch](MOLLUSCA: Scaphopoda)One of numerous slender retractile tentacles with sucker-like tips, arising from the dorsal surface of the head; used in gathering foraminifera and very small mollusks.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.