glossa Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
    clapper; tongue; lingua.

WordNet

Glos"sa noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. the tongue.
Wordforms
plural Gloss
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera.

Webster 1913