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‖ sublingua Zool.|sʌbˈlɪŋgwə|
[mod.L.: see sub- 1 f and lingua.
(In medical L., sublingua was formerly used for ‘uvula’.)]
In some animals, e.g. lemurs, a process consisting of a fold of mucous membrane under the tongue.
1878Bell tr. Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 553 In many Prosimii and Chiroptera, as also in the platyrrhine Apes, there is a process below the tongue which is sometimes double; this is the so-called sublingua. 1896tr. Boas' Text Bk. Zool. 487 note, On each side of the ventral surface of the tongue, there is a fold..; it is termed the ‘sub-lingua’, and attains its highest development in the Prosimii. |