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A writer of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast. Hayward.

Of or pertaining to glossography.

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

ngue; -- 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.

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

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

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.

See Molossus.

Molasses. [Obs.]

A bat of the genus Molossus, as the monk bat.

A foot of three long syllables. [Written also molosse.]

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