Are glycosides non-reducing sugars because of anomeric carbon bonding?

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A glycoside is a molecule where two (or more) molecules of sugar are bonded through either the keytone or aldhyde group and the anomeric carbon via an oxygen or sulphur atom. - Is this correct?

If so, does that mean that glycosides are non-reducing sugars because they are bonded through the anomeric carbon, which means the anomeric carbon cannot reduce other molecules?
 
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