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glos⋅sa

  [glos-uh, glaw-suh]
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–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; < Gk glôssa tongue
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Glos⋅sa

  [glaw-suh]
–noun
Cape, a promontory in SW Albania.
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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.


[Greek glōssa, tongue.]
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glossa glos·sa (glô'sə)
n. pl. glos·sas or glos·sae (glô'sē)
The tongue.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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