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Linguae

Lingua \Lin"gua\ (l[i^][ng]"gw[.a]), n.; pl. Lingu[ae] (l[i^][ng]"gw[=e]). [L., the tongue.] (Zo["o]l.)

  1. A tongue.

  2. A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.

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linguae

n. (plural of lingua English)

WordNet
lingua
  1. n. a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity [syn: tongue, glossa, clapper]

  2. [also: linguae (pl)]

linguae

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Usage examples of "linguae".

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.