lengua

Definitions of lengua
  1. noun
    metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
    synonyms: badajo
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    percusor
    the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
  2. noun
    the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
  3. noun
    a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
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    órgano
    a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
  4. noun
    a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
    synonyms: idioma, lenguaje natural
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    lenguaje artificial
    a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose
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    lengua materna
    one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next
    criollo
    a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages
    llengua niger-kordofaniana
    the family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula)
    lengua nilo-sahariana
    a family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and Tanzania
    esquimal
    the language spoken by the Eskimo
    type of:
    comunicación lingüística, lenguaje
    a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
  5. noun
    the tongue of certain animals used as meat
  6. noun
    a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
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