glossa

glos·sa

 (glô′sə, glŏs′ə)

n. pl. glos·sae (glô′sē, glŏs′ē) or glos·sas

1. Anatomy The tongue.

2. Zoology A tonguelike structure in the labium of an insect.

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[Greek glōssa, tongue.]

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glos′sal adj.

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glossa

(ˈɡlɒsə)

n, pl -sae (-siː) or -sas

1. (Anatomy) anatomy a technical word for tongue¹

2. (Zoology) a paired tonguelike lobe in the labium of an insect

ˈglossal adj

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glos•sa

(ˈglɒs ə, ˈglɔ sə)

n., pl. glos•sae (ˈglɒs i, ˈglɔ si)
glos•sas.

1. the tongue.

2. one of a pair of median, sometimes fused lobes of the labium of an insect.

[1885–90; < Greek glôssa tongue]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

glossa - a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity lingua, tongue, clapper organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function articulator - a movable speech organ mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris - the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy" gustatory organ, taste bud, tastebud - an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue pharynx, throat - the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone

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Translations

glos·sa

n. glosa, lengua.

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