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glossa

1

[ glos-uh, glaw-suh ]

noun

, plural glos·sae [glos, -ee, glaw, -see], glos·sas.
  1. Anatomy. the tongue.
  2. Entomology. one of a pair of median, sometimes fused lobes of the labium of an insect.


Glossa

2

[ glaw-suh ]

noun

  1. Cape, a promontory in SW Albania.

glossa

/ ˈɡlɒsə /

noun

  1. anatomy a technical word for the tongue
  2. a paired tonguelike lobe in the labium of an insect
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈglossal, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of glossa1

First recorded in 1885–90, glossa is from the Greek word glôssa tongue
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Example Sentences

On these place a new pot, pour into it some fornis mentioned above, called by the Romans glossa, otherwise gum arabic.

Late in life he retired to his villa, and there in quiet worked on his great Glossa till he died.

The Glossa Ordinaria, as it is called, is the best known of these commentaries.

Lingua spiralis: the spiral tongue of Lepidoptera: see glossa.

Dondeus says this interpretation is clearly proved by the authority of a glossa in the chapter: Ex litterarum.

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