# rhynchodaeum

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A cavity in some gastropods that contains the proboscis.

## Etymology
From rhyncho- + Ancient Greek ὁδαῖος (hodaîos, “on the way”), after proctodeum.

## Source
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