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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

For in the text, when these words are used: "your wife taken in adultery," a glossa explains the word "taken" as equal to "convicted."

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

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

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

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.