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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

Derived Forms

• glossal
  adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

• glossae
  plural
• glossas
  plural

Etymology

Origin of glossa

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