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GLOSSA
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Irregular inflected form: glossae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
Synonyms:
clapper; glossa; lingua; tongue
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("glossa" is a kind of...):
organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)
articulator (a movable speech organ)
Meronyms (parts of "glossa"):
gustatory organ; taste bud; tastebud (an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue)
Holonyms ("glossa" is a part of...):
mouth; oral cavity; oral fissure; rima oris (the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge)
pharynx; throat (the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone)
