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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ODONTOPHORE

O *don "to *phore, n. Etym: [Odonto- + Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A special structure found in the mouth of most mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which supports a chitinous radula, or lingual ribbon, armed with teeth. Also applied to the radula alone. See Radula.

New American Oxford Dictionary

odontophore

o don to phore |ōˈdäntəˌfôr oʊˈdɑntəfɔər | ▶noun Zoology a projection in the mouth of most mollusks that supports the radula. DERIVATIVES o don toph o ral |ˌōdänˈtäfərəl |adjective

Oxford Dictionary

odontophore

odontophore |əˈdɒntə (ʊ )fɔː | ▶noun Zoology a cartilaginous projection in the mouth of a mollusc, on which the radula is supported. DERIVATIVES odontophoral adjective