lingula

[ling-gyuh-luh]

noun, plural lin·gu·lae

[ling-gyuh-lee] /ˈlɪŋ gyəˌli/.

a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.

Origin of lingula

1655–65; < New Latin, Latin lingula, diminutive of lingua tongue; cf. ligula

Related formslin·gu·lar, adjective

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The name also, which originally was lingula, gives an idea of the form.
A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume II (of 2)
Johann Beckman
Another fossil characteristic of these ancient rocks is the Lingula.
The World Before the Deluge
Louis Figuier
The Buglossus solea or soale plana & oculata as also the Lingula or small soale all in very great plentie.
Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk
Thomas Browne
The genus Lingula (Mollusca) has also come down from remotest ages, having outlived all its earlier associates.
Geology
James Geikie
The ancient Lingula, along with Crania and Orbiculoidea, occur among the inarticulate forms.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3
Various

lingula in Medicine

lingula

[lĭng′gyə-lə]

n. pl. -lae (-lē′)

Any of several tongue-shaped processes.

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