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‖ lingula|ˈlɪŋgjʊlə|
Pl. lingulæ |-liː|.
[L., dim. of lingua tongue. Cf. ligula.]
1. A little tongue or tongue-like part.
Now only spec. in Anat., short for various mod.L. names of structures, as l. fistulæ (the epiglottis), l. cerebelli, etc.
1664Evelyn Sylva xvi. (1679) 74 They..make the Incision with a Chisel in the Body very neatly, in which they stick a Leaf of the Tree, as a lingula to direct it into the appendent Vessel. a1734North Life of Guilford (1742) 298 The ingenious Mr. Hook put this Scheme of Musick into Clock⁓work, and made Wheels, with small Lingulæ in the Manner of Cogs. 1889in Syd. Soc. Lex.
2. A genus of bivalve molluscs, including many fossil species; any shell of the genus.
lingula flags, micaceous flagstones and slates of N. Wales, containing the lingula in large quantities.
1836Penny Cycl. V. 313/2 Lingula has been found in a fossil state in the inferior oolite of Yorkshire. 1851–6Woodward Mollusca 240 Observations on the living Lingula are much wanted. 1873Dawson Earth & Man iii. 39 The Lingulæ, from the abundance of which some of the Primordial beds have received in England and Wales the name of Lingula flags. |