Ligula

·noun ·see Ligule.

II. Ligula ·noun A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. ·see Parapodium.

III. Ligula ·noun The central process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees.

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

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ligula
ligula ae, f 2 LIG-; confounded with lingula, a shoe-strap, shoe-latchet : ligulas dimittere, to ...

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