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Lingua \Lin"gua\ (l[i^][ng]"gw[.a]), n.; pl. {Lingu[ae]}
(-gw[=e]). [L., the tongue.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A tongue.
(b) A median process of the labium, at the under side of the
mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.
lingua
n : a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous
membrane and located in the oral cavity [syn: {tongue}, {glossa},
{clapper}]
[also: {linguae} (pl)]