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glossa

[glos-uh, glaw-suh]

glos·sa

[glos-uh, glaw-suh]
noun, plural glos·sae [glos-ee, glaw-see] , glos·sas.
1.
Anatomy. the tongue.
2.
Entomology. one of a pair of median, sometimes fused lobes of the labium of an insect.

Origin:
1885–90; < Greek glôssa tongue

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one of the two organs in the back of the abdominal cavity that excrete urine, regulate fluid and electrolytes, and act as endocrine glands
the system by which oxygen is taken into the body; in mammals the system includes the nasal passages, pharynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs
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Glos·sa

[glaw-suh]
noun
Cape, a promontory in SW Albania.
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glossa (ˈɡlɒsə)
 
n , pl -sae, -sas
1.  anatomy a technical word for the tongue
2.  a paired tonguelike lobe in the labium of an insect
 
'glossal
 
adj

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glossa glos·sa (glô'sə)
n. pl. glos·sas or glos·sae (glô'sē)
The tongue.

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