lingua

Definition of lingua

Nouns

a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
Synonyms:
clapper, glossa, tongue
Type of:
organ
a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
articulator
a movable speech organ

Vocabulary Lists for lingua

George Orwell's "1984" Part 2 (comprehensive) »(2441 words)
Comprehensive vocabulary list for George Orwell's...
  • gateleg table
  • labour camp
  • Eurasia
  • prole
  • newspeak

Vegetal Teratology »(1358 words)
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23354 by Maxwell T....
  • Abies
  • abortive
  • acacia
  • acarine
  • acaulescent

mega »(3106 words)
  • anomaly
  • equivocal
  • lucid
  • precipitate
  • abstain

  • adumbrate
  • adverse
  • advert
  • advisory
  • aeronaut

Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels - Chapters 1-4 »(415 words)
A very interesting vocabulary list from Gulliver's...
  • scimitar
  • lilliputian
  • observe
  • middle finger
  • metropolis

  • Giraffa
  • cognate
  • incongruent
  • experimental condition
  • congruent

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