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glossa
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun glossa has 1 sense
- glossa(n = noun.body) clapper, lingua, tongue - a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity; Array is a kind of organ, articulator
is a part of mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris, pharynx, throat
has parts: gustatory organ, taste bud, tastebud
CIDE DICTIONARY
glossa, n. [NL., fr. Gr. the tongue.].
The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera. [1913 Webster]
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