lingual

  • 81lingual — [ lɪŋgw(ə)l] adjective technical 1》 relating to or near the tongue.     ↘(of a sound) formed by the tongue. 2》 relating to speech or language. Derivatives lingually adverb Origin C17: from med. L. lingualis, from L. lingua tongue, language …

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  • 82lingual — lin·gual …

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  • 83lingual — /ˈlɪŋgwəl / (say linggwuhl) adjective 1. of or relating to the tongue or some tongue like part. 2. relating to languages. 3. Phonetics articulated with the tongue, especially with the tip of the tongue. {Medieval Latin linguālis, from Latin… …

  • 84lingual — lin|gu|al <lateinisch> (auf die Zunge bezüglich, Zungen...) …

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  • 85Lingual — Lin|gu|al, der; s, e, Lin|gu|al|laut (Sprachwissenschaft Zungenlaut) …

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  • 86lingual — adj. 1 of or formed by the tongue. 2 of speech or languages. Derivatives: lingualize v.tr. (also ise). lingually adv. Etymology: med.L lingualis f. L lingua tongue, language …

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  • 87lingual lamina — a cusp found on the tongue of lampreys (Petromyzontidae). These laminae consist of an anterior or transverse lamina and posterior or longitudinal lamina …

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  • 88lingual plate — a dermal toothed bone covering and sometimes fusing with the basihyal, e.g. in Osteoglossidae. Also called glossohyal, dermentoglossum, supralingual or basihyal dental plate …

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  • 89lingual ribbon — [L. lingua, tongue] (MOLLUSCA) The radula or odontophore …

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  • 90lingual sclerites — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Psocidae, two oval sclerites, each connected to a median sitophore sclerite by a fine filament …

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