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Rhinophore
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) 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. See Illust. under Pygobranchia, and Opisthobranchia.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rhinophore'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/rhinophore.html. 1828.