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
glossae
plural of glossa
• lossage
Source: Wiktionary
Glos"sa, n.; pl. Gloss. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 April 2025
(noun) cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers; “they used bales of newspaper every day”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
