Definitions for lingula

lingula lin·gu·la

Spelling: [ling-gyuh-luh]
IPA: /ˈlɪŋ gyə lə/

Lingula is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 120 anagrams from letters in lingula (agillnu).

Definitions for lingula

noun

  1. a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.

Origin of lingula

1655-65; New Latin, Latin lingula, diminutive of lingua tongue; cf. ligula

Examples for lingula

The curious Crania, Discina, and lingula are still living, and are mostly found in the seas of the southern hemisphere.

The name also, which originally was lingula, gives an idea of the form.

The genus lingula (Mollusca) has also come down from remotest ages, having outlived all its earlier associates.

The lingula Flags mark a local return to shallower water conditions, especially in the central portion.

Another fossil characteristic of these ancient rocks is the lingula.

The Buglossus solea or soale plana and oculata as also the lingula or small soale all in very great plentie.

A leathern tongue (lingula) is often seen to project from beneath the straps.

lingula cornea, Platyschisma helicites and numerous phyllocarids and ostracods occur among the fossils.

The ancient lingula, along with Crania and Orbiculoidea, occur among the inarticulate forms.

The Buglossus solea or soale plana & oculata as also the lingula or small soale all in very great plentie.

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