Definition of glossa

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

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Ptenoglossate :: Ptenoglossate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ptenoglossa.
Gymnoglossa :: Gymnoglossa (n. pl.) A division of gastropods in which the odontophore is without teeth.
Pteroglossal :: Pteroglossal (a.) Having the tongue finely notched along the sides, so as to have a featherlike appearance, as the toucans..
Nomenclature :: Nomenclature (n.) A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary..
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..
Entoglossal :: Entoglossal (a.) Within the tongue; -- applied to the glossohyal bone.
Glossographer :: Glossographer (n.) A writer of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast.
Glossal :: Glossal (a.) Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.
Glossator :: Glossator (n.) A writer of glosses or comments; a commentator.
Megrim :: Megrim (n.) The British smooth sole, or scaldfish (Psetta arnoglossa)..
Clavis :: Clavis (n.) A key; a glossary.
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..
Scaldfish :: Scaldfish (n.) A European flounder (Arnoglossus laterna, or Psetta arnoglossa); -- called also megrim, and smooth sole..
Glossohyal :: Glossohyal (a.) Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossal bone.
Hypoglossal :: Hypoglossal (n.) One of the hypoglossal nerves.
Hyoglossal :: Hyoglossal (a.) Of or pertaining to the hyoglossus muscle.
Paraglossa :: Paraglossa (n.) One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects. See Illust. under Hymenoptera.
Idioticon :: Idioticon (n.) A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary..
Hyoglossal :: Hyoglossal (a.) Pertaining to or connecting the tongue and hyodean arch; as, the hyoglossal membrane..
Glossata :: Glossata (n. pl.) The Lepidoptera.
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