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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LINGULATE
a.[L. lingulatus, from lingua, tongue. ] Shaped like the tongue or a strap. [But ligulate is more generally used. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LINGULA
Lin "gu *la, n.; pl. -læ. Etym: [L., a little tongue. ]
1. (Anat. )
Defn: A tonguelike process or part.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration in Appendix. Lingula flags (Geol.), a group of strata in the lower Silurian or Cambrian system of Wales, in which some of the layers contain vast numbers of a species of Lingula.
LINGULATE
Lin "gu *late, a. Etym: [L. lingulatus, fr. lingula a little tongue. Cf. Ligulate. ]
Defn: Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.
New American Oxford Dictionary
lingulate
lin gu late |ˈliNGgyəˌlāt ˈlɪŋɡjəleɪt | ▶adjective Botany & Zoology tongue-shaped. • Zoology denoting a type of burrowing brachiopod with an inarticulate shell and a long pedicle. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin lingulatus, based on lingua ‘tongue, ’ from lingere ‘to lick. ’
Oxford Dictionary
lingulate
lingulate |ˈlɪŋgjʊleɪt | ▶adjective 1 Botany & Zoology tongue-shaped. 2 Zoology denoting a type of burrowing brachiopod with an inarticulate shell and a long pedicle. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin lingulatus, based on lingua ‘tongue ’, from lingere ‘to lick ’.
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