lingula

[ ling-gyuh-luh ]

/ ˈlɪŋ gyə lə /

noun, plural lin·gu·lae [ling-gyuh-lee]. /ˈlɪŋ gyəˌli/.

a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.

Origin of lingula

1655–65; <New Latin, Latin lingula, diminutive of lingua tongue; cf. ligula

OTHER WORDS FROM lingula

lin·gu·lar, adjective

Words nearby lingula

linguistician, linguistic philosophy, linguistics, linguistic stock, linguistic universal, lingula, lingular, lingulate, lingulectomy, linguo-, linguoclusion

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Example sentences from the Web for lingula

The genus Lingula (Mollusca) has also come down from remotest ages, having outlived all its earlier associates.
Geology|James Geikie
The Buglossus solea or soale plana and oculata as also the Lingula or small soale all in very great plentie.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne|Thomas Browne
In addition to the printed species, an anomalous Pinna, which I doubt not was the Lingula anatina, is here described.
The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4|Various
Having minute hairs as in Orbicula, Lingula, &c. and the jointed feelers of the Cirripedes.
A Conchological Manual|George Brettingham Sowerby

In invertebrates, for example, a lingula from the Cambrian has reached a definite point of development from some earlier ancestor.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1899|Various

Medical definitions for lingula

lingula

[ lĭng′gyə-lə ]

n. pl. -lae (-lē′)

Any of several tongue-shaped processes.

单词	lingula
释义	lingula [ ling-gyuh-luh ] / ˈlɪŋ gyə lə / noun, plural lin·gu·lae [ling-gyuh-lee]. /ˈlɪŋ gyəˌli/. a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue. Origin of lingula 1655–65; <New Latin, Latin lingula, diminutive of lingua tongue; cf. ligula OTHER WORDS FROM lingula lin·gu·lar, adjective Words nearby lingula linguistician, linguistic philosophy, linguistics, linguistic stock, linguistic universal, lingula, lingular, lingulate, lingulectomy, linguo-, linguoclusion Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lingula The genus Lingula (Mollusca) has also come down from remotest ages, having outlived all its earlier associates. Geology\|James Geikie The Buglossus solea or soale plana and oculata as also the Lingula or small soale all in very great plentie. The Works of Sir Thomas Browne\|Thomas Browne In addition to the printed species, an anomalous Pinna, which I doubt not was the Lingula anatina, is here described. The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4\|Various Having minute hairs as in Orbicula, Lingula, &c. and the jointed feelers of the Cirripedes. A Conchological Manual\|George Brettingham Sowerby In invertebrates, for example, a lingula from the Cambrian has reached a definite point of development from some earlier ancestor. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1899\|Various Medical definitions for lingula lingula [ lĭng′gyə-lə ] n. pl. -lae (-lē′) Any of several tongue-shaped processes. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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