2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: lingua noun: a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity [syn: {tongue}, {glossa}, {clapper}] [also: {linguae} (pl)] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Lingua \Lin"gua\ (l[i^][ng]"gw[.a]), noun; pl. {Lingu[ae]} (l[i^][ng]"gw[=e]). [L., the tongue.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A tongue. (b) A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.

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