toothplate

Etymology

From tooth + plate.

toothplate means an internal structure projecting from the apertural lip of a foraminifer. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.

noun

An internal structure projecting from the apertural lip of a foraminifer.“So it may be that the digestive protoplasm especially is directed by this row of toothplates. This may be the original meaning of the toothplate. In many more advanced species and genera the toothplate becomes complicated so that its use may be changed.”