Lytta

·noun A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.

lytta
lytta, ae, f., = λύττα, a worm under a dog's tongue, said to cause madness , Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 10...

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