tongue-like

All gastropods feed by using a radula, which is a tongue-like structure covered by rows of rasping teeth.

Slugs and Snails 2008

To wit: "Lumiere," an aluminum sofa with a tongue-like flame emanating from the seat, by Denis Santachiara.

The Decorative and Beyond 2009

They all produced different images in my mind: bronzed circles, silver strips, glistened steel, earth-colored ribbons with tongue-like edges.

The Beautiful Miscellaneous Dominic Smith 2007

They all produced different images in my mind: bronzed circles, silver strips, glistened steel, earth-colored ribbons with tongue-like edges.

The Beautiful Miscellaneous Dominic Smith 2007

The Nero is the wider, more advanced version, while the slimmer Glide includes a roller ball to stroke the perineum ("almost tongue-like sensations," promises the brochure) and ribs at the base.

Sex Toy Expo Fun, Not Novel 2006

The Nero is the wider, more advanced version, while the slimmer Glide includes a roller ball to stroke the perineum ("almost tongue-like sensations," promises the brochure) and ribs at the base.

Sex Toy Expo Fun, Not Novel 2006

The Crustacea also, both the Caraboid forms and the Crabs, are provided with teeth, namely their two anterior teeth; and between these they also present the tongue-like piece of flesh, as has indeed been already mentioned.

On the Parts of Animals 2002

Again, as the gustatory sensibility is intended to serve animals in the selection of food, it is not diffused equally over the whole surface of the tongue-like organ, but is placed chiefly in the tip; and for this reason it is the tip which is the only part of the tongue separated in fishes from the rest of the mouth.

On the Parts of Animals 2002

All the Testacea then, those that have not been mentioned as well as those that have, agree as stated in possessing a mouth with the tongue-like body, a stomach, and a vent for excrement, but they differ from each other in the positions and proportions of these parts.

On the Parts of Animals 2002

The tettix or cicada, alone of such creatures (and, in fact, alone of all creatures), is unprovided with a mouth, but it is provided with the tongue-like formation found in insects furnished with frontward stings; and this formation in the cicada is long, continuous, and devoid of any split; and by the aid of this the creature feeds on dew, and on dew only, and in its stomach no excretion is ever found.

The History of Animals 2002