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glossa
1[ glos-uh, glaw-suh ]
noun
plural glossae glossas.
- Anatomy. the tongue.
- Entomology. one of a pair of median, sometimes fused lobes of the labium of an insect.
Glossa
2[ glaw-suh ]
noun
- Cape, a promontory in SW Albania.
glossa
/ ˈɡ±ôÉ’²õÉ™ /
noun
- anatomy a technical word for the tongue
- a paired tonguelike lobe in the labium of an insect
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Derived Forms
- ˈ²µ±ô´Ç²õ²õ²¹±ô, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of glossa1
First recorded in 1885–90, glossa is from the Greek word ²µ±ôô²õ²õ²¹ tongue
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Example Sentences
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The verb to gloss, or gloze, means simply to explain or translate, from Greco-Lat. glossa, tongue; but, under the influence of the unrelated gloss, superficial lustre, it has acquired the sense of specious interpretation.
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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.v.
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The reference to the "glossa of Theotypas" is part of the fiction.
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