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Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck..

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) Any small sole.

Lap :: Lap (v. i.) To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake..

Lingulate :: Lingulate (a.) Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.

Lingua :: Lingua (n.) A tongue.

Fourchette :: Fourchette (n.) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the fraenum.

Lapper :: Lapper (n.) One who takes up food or liquid with his tongue.

Close-tongued :: Close-tongued (a.) Closemouthed; silent.

Tait :: Tait (n.) A small nocturnal and arboreal Australian marsupial (Tarsipes rostratus) about the size of a mouse. It has a long muzzle, a long tongue, and very few teeth, and feeds upon honey and insects. Called also noolbenger..

Flippant :: Flippant (a.) Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative..

Honey-tongued :: Honey-tongued (a.) Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive.

Bugloss :: Bugloss (n.) A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the A. officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue..

Bilinguous :: Bilinguous (a.) Having two tongues, or speaking two languages..

Sordes :: Sordes (n.) Foul matter; excretion; dregs; filthy, useless, or rejected matter of any kind; specifically (Med.), the foul matter that collects on the teeth and tongue in low fevers and other conditions attended with great vital depression..

Seraphine :: Seraphine (n.) A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument..

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

Liberty :: Liberty (n.) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.

Loch :: Loch (n.) A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a lambative; a lincture.

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