osphradium

English

Noun

osphradium (plural osphradia)

1. (zoology, anatomy) a sensory organ in certain molluscs, whose main function is believed to test incoming water for silt and other possible food particles.

References

• “osphradium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.