Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
The tongue, or lingua, especially of an insect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Unintelligible ecstatic speech.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tongue, lingua, clapper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organ, articulator
History
From the Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă, “tongue”). Doublet of gloss.
Across languages
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
