glossa
Anatomy. the tongue.
Entomology. one of a pair of median, sometimes fused lobes of the labium of an insect.
Origin of glossa
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Other definitions for Glossa (2 of 2)
Cape, a promontory in SW Albania.
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How to use glossa in a sentence
On these place a new pot, pour into it some fornis mentioned above, called by the Romans glossa, otherwise gum arabic.
The Decoration of Leather | Georges de RcyLate in life he retired to his villa, and there in quiet worked on his great glossa till he died.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) | Henry Osborn TaylorThe glossa Ordinaria, as it is called, is the best known of these commentaries.
On Prayer and The Contemplative Life | St. Thomas AquinasLingua spiralis: the spiral tongue of Lepidoptera: see glossa.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology | John. B. SmithDondeus says this interpretation is clearly proved by the authority of a glossa in the chapter: Ex litterarum.
The Old Yellow Book | Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for glossa
/ (ˈɡlɒsə) /
anatomy a technical word for the tongue
a paired tonguelike lobe in the labium of an insect
Derived forms of glossa
- glossal, adjective
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