glossa

¹ American  

[glos-uh, glaw-suh] / ˈglɒs ə, ˈglɔ sə /

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.

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Glossa ² American  

[glaw-suh] / ˈglɔ sə /

noun

1. Cape, a promontory in SW Albania.

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glossa British  

/ ˈɡlɒsə /

noun

1. anatomy a technical word for the tongue

2. a paired tonguelike lobe in the labium of an insect

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Other Word Forms

• glossal adjective

Etymology

Origin of glossa

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

Example Sentences

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

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Primo, quantum ad fidem, quia videntes Eum in forma in qua erat minor Patre, non ita de facili crederent Eum �qualem Patri, ut dicit glossa super Joannem.

From The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus by Teresa, of Avila, Saint

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.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

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

From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Orr, Sutherland, Mrs.

D, Lower lip: d1, submentum; d2, mentum; d3, labial palp; d4, glossa; d5, paraglossa.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various