Definition of tongue

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Tongue (n.) The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.

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Frenum :: Frenum (n.) A connecting fold of membrane serving to support or restrain any part; as, the fraenum of the tongue..
Loch :: Loch (n.) A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a lambative; a lincture.
Adder's-tongue :: Adder's-tongue (n.) The yellow dogtooth violet.
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance..
Splotch :: Split-tongued (a.) Having a forked tongue, as that of snakes and some lizards..
Anchored :: Anchored (a.) Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue..
Sadda :: Sadda (n.) A work in the Persian tongue, being a summary of the Zend-Avesta, or sacred books..
Dog's-tongue :: Dog's-tongue (n.) Hound's-tongue.
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk..
Celtic :: Celtic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes, literature, tongue..
Anglo-saxonism :: Anglo-Saxonism (n.) A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces..
Betongue :: Betongue (v. t.) To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.
Filiform :: Filiform (a.) Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillae of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of AntennAe..
Hyoid :: Hyoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch which supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue itself.
Glossopharyngeal :: Glossopharyngeal (a.) Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the pharynx and tongue. -- n. One of the glossopharyngeal nerves..
Glossanthrax :: Glossanthrax (n.) A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.
Guttural :: Guttural (n.) A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound..
Long-tongue :: Long-tongue (n.) The wryneck.
Ranine :: Ranine (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a swelling under the tongue; also, pertaining to the region where the swelling occurs; -- applied especially to branches of the lingual artery and lingual vein..
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