linguae

Variant of lingua

lingua definition

lin·gua (liŋ′gwə)

noun pl. linguae -·guae (-gwē)

a tongue or an organ resembling a tongue, as the proboscis of a butterfly or moth

Etymology: L: see language

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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