LANGUETTE

Etymology

Noun

languette (plural languettes)

Alternative form of languet

A tongue-shaped implement.

A tongue-like organ found on tunicates.

synonym of lingula

bony tongue-shaped structure on the mandible

fleshy tongue-shaped structure

A tongue-shaped design used to decorate Ancient Greek pottery.

A type of decorative hood used on a woman's bodice in the seventeenth century.

The tongue of a reed on a harmonium.

An elongated samara that occurs alone.

A valve flap associated with the byssus of a mollusk.

Source: Wiktionary



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SOAK

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