glossa (redirected from glossae)

glos·sa  (glôs, gls)

n. pl. glos·sae (glôs, gls) or glos·sas

1. Anatomy The tongue.

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

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[Greek glssa, tongue.]

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glossa [ˈglɒsə]

n pl -sae [-siː], -sas

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy a technical word for the tongue

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a paired tonguelike lobe in the labium of an insect

glossal  adj

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Noun

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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