glossa

[ glos-uh, glaw-suh ]

/ ˈglɒs ə, ˈglɔ sə /

noun, plural glos·sae [glos-ee, glaw-see] /ˈglɒs i, ˈglɔ si/, glos·sas.

Anatomy. the tongue.

Entomology. one of a pair of median, sometimes fused lobes of the labium of an insect.

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Origin of glossa

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

Words nearby glossa

glos, gloss, gloss over, gloss paint, gloss., glossa, glossal, glossalgia, glossary, glossator, glossectomy

Definition for glossa (2 of 2)

Glossa

[ glaw-suh ]

/ ˈglɔ sə /

noun

Cape, a promontory in SW Albania.

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Example sentences from the Web for glossa

Late 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 Taylor
The reference to the "glossa of Theotypas" is part of the fiction.
A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)|Mrs. Sutherland Orr
Dondeus says this interpretation is clearly proved by the authority of a glossa in the chapter: Ex litterarum.
The Old Yellow Book|Anonymous
The Glossa Ordinaria, as it is called, is the best known of these commentaries.
On Prayer and The Contemplative Life|St. Thomas Aquinas

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 Rcy

British Dictionary definitions for glossa

glossa

/ (ˈɡlɒsə) /

noun plural -sae (-siː) or -sas

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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Medical definitions for glossa

glossa

[ glô′sə ]

n. pl. glos•sas

The tongue.