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What is the rostrum of an octopus?

Question #149773. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Sep 07 2023.
Originally posted Sep 07 2023 8:25 PM.

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Its beak.
All extant cephalopods have a two-part beak, or rostrum, situated in the buccal mass and surrounded by the muscular head appendages. The dorsal (upper) mandible fits into the ventral (lower) mandible and together they function in a scissor-like fashion. The beak may also be referred to as the mandibles or jaws.
link https://wiki2.org/en/Cephalopod_beak+Newton
Response last updated by psnz on Sep 07 2023.
Sep 07 2023, 8:26 PM
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