Usually means: Small, tonguelike projection or structure.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. lingula: Collins English Dictionary
  2. Lingula, lingula: Wordnik
  3. lingula: Wiktionary
  4. lingula: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. lingula: Dictionary.com
  6. Lingula (brachiopod), Lingula (genus), Lingula (lung), Lingula: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Lingula: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. lingula: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Lingula: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. lingula: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Lingula: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lingula: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. lingula: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. lingula: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lingula: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

Definitions from Wiktionary (lingula)

noun:  (historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 5/12 Roman ounce of wine, equivalent to about 11 mL.
noun:  (anatomy) Any of several tongue-shaped bony structures, especially that which forms the anterior border of the mandibular foramen.
noun:  (anatomy) Any small, fleshy tongue-shaped structure, such as in the anatomy of the brain or the human left lung, or in the whitefly vasiform orifice.

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