long-tongued
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of long-tongued
First recorded in 1545–55
Example Sentences
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With long-tongued bats in Costa Rica, Ripperger put backpacks on bats and the flowers in which they forage for nectar.
From Washington Post • May 11, 2020
The country’s acerbic cartoonists often portray him as either a long-tongued fool or a foot-in-mouth gaffe machine.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 27, 2016
Here, a Leache’s long-tongued bat, Monophllus redmoni, pollinates a Marcgravia flower in Cuba.
From National Geographic • Nov. 1, 2015
You may remember Simmons as the long-tongued, face-painted co-lead singer of the 1970s glam-rock band Kiss.
From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2014
Bees and some long-tongued flies seen about the corn cockle doubtless get pollen only; but there are few flowers so deep that the longest-tongued bees cannot sip them.
From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Blanchan, Neltje
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