Ligula Definition

lĭgyə-lə
ligulae, ligulas
noun
A structure containing typically the terminal lobes of the labium of an insect.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Ligula

Noun

Singular:
ligula
Plural:
ligulae, ligulas

Origin of Ligula

  • Latin ligula (“strap, spoon"), a variant of lingula "˜small tongue-shaped object', itself partly derived from lingere "˜lick' and partly a diminutive of lingua "˜tongue'.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin diminutive of lingua tongue dn̥ghū- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ligula Sentence Examples

  • The inner lobe (lacinia) of the first maxilla terminates in an articulated hook, while in the second maxillae (labium) both inner and outer lobes ("ligula" and "para-glossae") are much Gyrinus sulcatus reduced.

  • In specialized biting insects, such as beetles (Coleo C ptera), the labium tends to become a hard transverse plate bearing the pair of palps, a median structure - known as the ligula - formed of the conjoined laciniae, and a pair of small rounded processes - the reduced galeae - often called the " paraglossae," a term better avoided since it has been applied also to the maxillulae of Aptera, entirety different structures.

  • The long sucking " tongue " of bees is probably a modification of the ligula.

  • Ia, frons; b, clypeus (the pointed labrum beneath it); II, mandible; III, first maxilla; (a, base; b, sheath; c, piercer), III', inner view of sheath; IV, second maxillae forming rostrum (b, mentum; c, ligula).

  • Ligula, unsegmented externally, occurs in birds.

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