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A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
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lingua
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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.
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The Lingua is a sculpture by American artist Jim Sanborn located at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center .
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n. a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity [syn: tongue , glossa , clapper ] [also: linguae (pl)]
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.