lingula
[ ling-gyuh-luh ]
noun,plural lin·gu·lae [ling-gyuh-lee]. /ˈlɪŋ gyəˌli/.
a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.
Origin of lingula
1Other words from lingula
- lin·gu·lar, adjective
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The genus lingula (Mollusca) has also come down from remotest ages, having outlived all its earlier associates.
Geology | James GeikieAnother interesting point is a most curious chemical relation of the lingula, with reference to the material of its shell.
The Story of the Earth and Man | J. W. Dawsonlingula, among others, is remarkable as being a form that has survived from the earliest geological period to the present day.
Stories of the Universe: Animal Life | B. LindsayThe specimens of existing lingula are precisely similar to those found in the earliest geological formations.
Having minute hairs as in Orbicula, lingula, &c. and the jointed feelers of the Cirripedes.
A Conchological Manual | George Brettingham Sowerby
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