tongue-casen.Entomology the part of a pupa-case enclosing the ‘tongue’.
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glossotheca1826
tongue-case1826
1826 W. Kirby & W. SpenceIntrod. Entomol. III. xxxi. 250 Before from the middle [proceeds] the tongue-case (Glosso-theca) [of pupæ].
1885 H. C. McCookTenants Old Farm 73 The long, slender object which you mistook for the cord by which a cocoon hangs is a tongue-case.