lingua Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


Lin"gua noun
Etymology
L., the tongue.
Wordforms
plural Linguæ
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) A tongue. (b) A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.

Webster 1913