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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity [syn: tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper]
Merriam Webster's
noun (plural glossae; also glossas) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek gl?ssa Date: circa 1852 a tongue or lingual structure especially in an insect;especially the median distal lobe of the labium of an insect
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Glossa Glos"sa, n.; pl. Gloss?. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the tongue.] (Zo["o]l.) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera.
