lingua n 1: a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity [syn: {tongue}, {lingua}, {glossa}, {clapper}]
Lingua \Lin"gua\ (l[i^][ng]"gw[.a]), n.; pl. {Lingu[ae]} (l[i^][ng]"gw[=e]). [L., the tongue.] (Zool.) (a) A tongue. (b) A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue. [1913 Webster]