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Answer for the clue "Latin tongue ", 6 letters:
lingua

Alternative clues for the word lingua

Word definitions for lingua in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Lingua: An International Review of General Linguistics is a peer-reviewed academic journal of general linguistics that was established in 1949 and is published by Elsevier . Its interim editor-in-chief is Harry Whitaker. In October 2015 the editors and ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context zoology English) A tongue. 2 (context zoology English) A median process of the labium, at the underside of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lingua \Lin"gua\ (l[i^ ng]"gw[.a]), n.; pl. Lingu[ae] (l[i^ ng]"gw[=e]). [L., the tongue.] (Zo["o]l.) A tongue. A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.

Usage examples of lingua.

The pope regretted that for the moment he could not send him dignitaries of high rank, also because they were ignorant of linguas barbaras et ignotas, but he was sending Philip, a discreet and most cautious man, to educate John in the true faith.

Ut hactenus etiam tam apud Bajoarior um gentem, quam et Saxmum, sed et alios ejusdem linguae homines .

Humphrey Hody, (de Graecis Illustribus, Linguae Graecae Literarumque humaniorum Instauratoribus.

Looking monocularly this way and those, it sniffs archaically across the floor and heads for the door, left open by the lapsus linguae of malingering sentinels.