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Of or pertaining to glossography.

The writing of glossaries, glosses, or comments for illustrating an author.

ongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossal bone.

The gift of tongues. Farrar.

Of or pertaining to glossology.

One who defines and explains terms; one who is versed in glossology.

The definition and explanation of terms; a glossary.

air of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the pharynx and tongue. -- n. One of the glossopharyngeal nerves.

ooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface.

Without tongue; tongueless.

A peculiar marine worm. See Enteropneusta, and Tornaria.

husa, and especially the A. officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue. Small wild bugloss, the Asperugo procumbens and the Lycopsis arvensis. -- Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium.

An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon.

Within the tongue; -- applied to the glossohyal bone.

A division of gastropods in which the odontophore is without teeth.

Pertaining to or connecting the tongue and hyodean arch; as, the hyoglossal membrane.

A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the hyoid bone.

One of the hypoglossal nerves.

Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.

Having a thick tongue; --applied to a group of lizards (Pachyglossæ), including the iguanas and agamas.