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lan⋅guet

  [lang-gwet]
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–noun
any of various small tongue-shaped parts, processes, or projections.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < MF languete, dim. of langue tongue; see -et
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lan·guet   (lāng'gwĭt, lāng-gwět')   
n.  One that functions or is shaped like a tongue.

[Middle English, from Old French languete, diminutive of langue, tongue, from Latin lingua; see dghū- in Indo-European roots.]
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