ligula

ligula ae, f

2 LIG-; confounded with lingula, a shoe-strap, shoe-latchet : ligulas dimittere, to leave untied , Iu.

ligula
lĭgŭla and lingŭla (v. infra), ae, f. dim. [from lingua: quamvis me ligulam dicant Equitesque Patr...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Ligula
·noun ·see <<Ligule>>. II. Ligula ·noun A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. ·see <<P...

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