glossa

¹

[glos-uh, glaw-suh]

noun

plural

glossae, glossas 

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

Other Word Forms

• glossal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of glossa¹

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

Example Sentences

The verb to gloss, or gloze, means simply to explain or translate, from Greco-Lat. glossa, tongue; but, under the influence of the unrelated gloss, superficial lustre, it has acquired the sense of specious interpretation.

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Flabellum: a fan: a leafed structure: the transparent lobe at the end of the glossa in bees: also used as = flagellum; q.v.

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The reference to the "glossa of Theotypas" is part of the fiction.

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