Definitionn. a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
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Southern Albania, again, is almost wholly mountainous, with the exception of the plains of Iannina and Arta; the most noteworthy feature is the rugged range of the Tchika, or Khimara mountains, which skirt the sea-coast from south-west to northeast, terminating in the lofty promontory of Glossa (ancient Acroceraunia). [Please select]
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Lingua spiralis: the spiral tongue of Lepidoptera: see glossa. [Please select]
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Flabellum: a fan: a leafed structure: the transparent lobe at the end of the glossa in bees: also used as = flagellum; q. [Please select]
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Glossa: the inner lobe of second maxilla, corresponding to the lacing of first maxilla: loosely used as a synonym for tongue: especially applied to the coiled structure of the Lepidoptera; see also ligula. [Please select]
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