osphradium

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noun

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

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounosphradium (plural osphradia)

plural osphradia

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