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Aglossal :: Aglossal (a.) Without tongue; tongueless.

Docoglossa :: Docoglossa (n. pl.) An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon..

Entoglossal :: Entoglossal (a.) Within the tongue; -- applied to the glossohyal bone.

Glossa :: Glossa (n.) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera..

Glossal :: Glossal (a.) Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.

Glossanthrax :: Glossanthrax (n.) A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.

Glossarial :: Glossarial (a.) Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary; containing a glossary.

Glossarially :: Glossarially (adv.) In the manner of a glossary.

Glossarist :: Glossarist (n.) A writer of glosses or of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast.

Glossary :: Glossary (n.) A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or other uncommon words..

Glossata :: Glossata (n. pl.) The Lepidoptera.

Glossator :: Glossator (n.) A writer of glosses or comments; a commentator.

Gymnoglossa :: Gymnoglossa (n. pl.) A division of gastropods in which the odontophore is without teeth.

Hyoglossal :: Hyoglossal (a.) Pertaining to or connecting the tongue and hyodean arch; as, the hyoglossal membrane..

Hyoglossal :: Hyoglossal (a.) Of or pertaining to the hyoglossus muscle.

Hypoglossal :: Hypoglossal (a.) Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue..

Hypoglossal :: Hypoglossal (n.) One of the hypoglossal nerves.

Pachyglossal :: Pachyglossal (a.) Having a thick tongue; -- applied to a group of lizards (Pachyglossae), including the iguanas and agamas..

Paraglossa :: Paraglossa (n.) One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects. See Illust. under Hymenoptera.

Paraglossae :: Paraglossae (pl. ) of Paragloss.

Phaneroglossal :: Phaneroglossal (a.) Having a conspicious tongue; -- said of certain reptiles and insects.

Ptenoglossa :: Ptenoglossa (n. pl.) A division of gastropod mollusks having the teeth of the radula arranged in long transverse rows, somewhat like the barbs of a feather..

Ptenoglossate :: Ptenoglossate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ptenoglossa.

Pteroglossal :: Pteroglossal (a.) Having the tongue finely notched along the sides, so as to have a featherlike appearance, as the toucans..

Rhachiglossa :: Rhachiglossa (n. pl.) A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append..

Rhipidoglossa :: Rhipidoglossa (n. pl.) A division of gastropod mollusks having a large number of long, divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse row. It includes the scutibranchs. See Illustration in Appendix..

Saccoglossa :: Saccoglossa (n. pl.) Same as Pellibranchiata.

Styloglossal :: Stylobate (n.) The uninterrupted and continuous flat band, coping, or pavement upon which the bases of a row of columns are supported. See Sub-base..

Subglossal :: Subglobular (a.) Nearly globular.

Tachyglossa :: Tachyglossa (n. pl.) A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna.