Definitions for lytta

lytta lyt·ta

Spelling: [lit-uh]
IPA: /ˈlɪt ə/

Lytta is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in lytta (altty).

Definitions for lytta

noun

  1. a long, worm-shaped cartilage in the tongue of the dog and other carnivorous animals.

Origin of lytta

1595-1605; New Latin Greek lýtta, Attic form of lýssa rage, rabies; so named because the cartilage was thought to be a parasite causing rabies

Examples for lytta

We come now to the tribe of blistering beetles, of which the best known is the Cantharides (Cantharis or lytta).

Unwormed, un-wurmd′, adj. not wormed, not having had the worm or lytta under the tongue cut out—of a dog.

Species of lytta abound, but no use is made of them, the Shoans having no real medicine prepared from the animal kingdom.

When the lytta, alias blister beetle, arrives, prepare to give a warm welcome to him and all of his kind.

Word Value for lytta
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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