lytta

 [lit-uh]  

lyt·ta

   [lit-uh]
noun, plural lyt·tas, lyt·tae  [lit-ee] .
a long, worm-shaped cartilage in the tongue of the dog and other carnivorous animals.
Origin:
1595–1605; < Neo-Latin < Greek lýtta, Attic form of lýssa rage, rabies; so named because the cartilage was thought to be a parasite causing rabies
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lytta (ˈlɪtə)
 
—n , pl -tas, -tae
a rodlike mass of cartilage beneath the tongue in the dog and other carnivores
 
[C17: New Latin, from Greek lussa madness; in dogs, it was believed to be a cause of rabies]

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