glossa n 1: a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity [syn: {tongue}, {lingua}, {glossa}, {clapper}]
Glossa \Glos"sa\, n.; pl. {Gloss[ae]}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the tongue.] (Zool.) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See {Hymenoptera}. [1913 Webster]