GLOSSA

tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper

(noun) a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

glossa (plural glossae)

(zoology) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect.

Source: Wiktionary


Glos"sa, n.; pl. Gloss. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoƶl.)

Definition: The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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