lingularadj.
/ˈlɪŋɡjᵿlə/, U.S. /ˈlɪŋɡjələr/ 1. Geology. Containing fossils of lingulate brachiopods (see lingula n. 4). Cf. lingula n. Compounds 1. Now rare.
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1848 Western Lit. Messenger 10 287/1 These lingular and orbicular beds, though often crowded with the remains of these genera of molluscs, are found to be subordinate to a quartzose sandstone.
1856 D. D. Owen et al. Rep. Geol. Surv. Kentucky Index 402 Black lingular shale.
1912 W. Malcolm Gold Fields Nova Scotia 72 Selwyn points to their resemblance to the Cambrian and Lingular flag series of North Wales.
2. Anatomy. Of or relating to a lingula (lingula n. 1b).
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horny1530
styliform1578
styliformed1578
pungent1602
lingual1650
muricate1661
muricated1707
linguiform1753
lingulate1763
triglochin1835
lingular1855
cornual1890
1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Lingularis, of or belonging to a little tongue: lingular.
1866 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 156 136 These lingular elements..are grooved on their upper surface by the internal carotid.
1889 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. VIII. 126 In the child at birth the lingular folia are rounded and distinct.
1977 Ann. Internal Med. 86 430/2 A follow-up chest X ray showed a left lingular consolidation.
2007 D. H. Rice et al. Endoscopic Paranasal Sinus Surg. (ed. 2) 232/2 The descending branch of the left pulmonary artery courses downward into the lung..giving origin to the lingular artery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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