osphradium
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]osphradium (plural osphradia)
- (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
[edit]- “osphradium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.