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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Mollusca, one of the hinder pair of tentacles of opisthobranchiate gastropods, supposed to function as olfactory organs; in general, an organ bearing an olfactory sense. Also spelled
rhinophor .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the two tentacle-like organs on the back of the head or neck of a nudibranch or tectibranch mollusk. They are usually retractile, and often transversely furrowed or plicate, and are regarded as olfactory organs. Called also
dorsal tentacles . SeeIllust. underpygobranchia , andopisthobranchia .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
club -shapedstructure that occurs in pairs as the most prominent part of the external headanatomy of thedorid nudibranchs .
Etymologies
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rhino- + -phore
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