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glossa
1[ glos-uh, glaw-suh ]
noun
, plural glos·sae [glos, -ee, glaw, -see], glos·sas.
- Anatomy. the tongue.
- Entomology. one of a pair of median, sometimes fused lobes of the labium of an insect.
Glossa
2[ glaw-suh ]
noun
- Cape, a promontory in SW Albania.
glossa
/ ˈɡlɒsə /
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Derived Forms
- ˈglossal, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of glossa1
First recorded in 1885–90, glossa is from the Greek word glôssa tongue
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Example Sentences
On these place a new pot, pour into it some fornis mentioned above, called by the Romans glossa, otherwise gum arabic.
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Late in life he retired to his villa, and there in quiet worked on his great Glossa till he died.
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The Glossa Ordinaria, as it is called, is the best known of these commentaries.
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Lingua spiralis: the spiral tongue of Lepidoptera: see glossa.
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Dondeus says this interpretation is clearly proved by the authority of a glossa in the chapter: Ex litterarum.
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