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• glossa
  glossa

  noun

  the tongue.
• Glossa
  Glossa

  noun

  Cape, a promontory in SW Albania.

glossa

¹ American  

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

noun

glossae, plural glossas plural

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

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

From The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book by Anonymous

The so-called glossa ordinaria had in Luther's time an authority almost equal to that of the corpus juris itself.

From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Luther, Martin

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

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

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.

After consiliis, in all the manuscripts, occur the words postquam omnis Numidia potiebatur, which were struck out by Cortius, as being turpissima glossa.

From Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War by Watson, John Selby