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lingulate

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lin⋅gu⋅late

  [ling-gyuh-leyt]
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–adjective
formed like a tongue; ligulate.
Also, lin⋅gu⋅lat⋅ed.

Origin:
1790–1800; < L lingulātus tongue-shaped; see lingula, -ate 1
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lin·gu·late   (lĭng'gyə-lāt')   
adj.  Shaped like a tongue: lingulate antennae.

[Latin lingulātus, from lingula, diminutive of lingua, tongue; see lingua.]
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