lingula
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
Definition of lingula
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (historical)A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 5/12 Roman ounce of wine, equivalent to about 11 mL.
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noun
- (historical)A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 5/12 Roman ounce of wine, equivalent to about 11 mL.
- Any of several tongue-shaped bony structures, especially that which forms the anterior border of the mandibular foramen.
- Any small, fleshy tongue-shaped structure, such as in the anatomy of the brain or the human left lung, or in the whitefly vasiform orifice.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lingula (“tonguelet, small unit of volume”), from lingua (“tongue”) + -ula (“-ule: forming diminutives”).
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