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The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera.

Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.

A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.

Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary; containing a glossary.

In the manner of a glossary.

A writer of glosses or of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast. Tyrwhitt.

A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or other uncommon words.

The Lepidoptera.

A writer of glosses or comments; a commentator. [R.] "The . . . glossators of Aristotle." Milman.

Without tongue; tongueless.

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.

One of the hypoglossal nerves.

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

One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects. See Illust. under Hymenoptera.

Having a conspicious tongue; -- said of certain reptiles and insects.

A division of gastropod mollusks having the teeth of the radula arranged in long transverse rows, somewhat like the barbs of a feather.

Of or pertaining to the Ptenoglossa.