lingua

Definitions of lingua
  1. noun
    a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
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    organo
    a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
  2. noun
    a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
    synonyms: idioma, sermone
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    madrelingua
    one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next
    indoeuropeo
    the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
    eschimese
    the language spoken by the Eskimo
    acheo, greco
    the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
    type of:
    favella, linguaggio, loquela
    a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
  3. noun
    the tongue of certain animals used as meat
  4. noun
    a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
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    capo, promontorio
    a strip of land projecting into a body of water
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