LIGULA

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

See Ligule.

2.
n.

The central process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees. [See Illust. under Labium, and Hymenoptera.]

3.
n.

A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. See Parapodium.