01 n. A tonguelike process or part.
pl.
lin"gu*læ ((lĭṉ"gū̇*lē))
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1.
A tonguelike process or part.(Anat.)
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2.
Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration in Appendix.(Zool.) See: Brachiopoda
Phrases & compounds
Lingula flags —
a group of strata in the lower Silurian or Cambrian system of Wales, in which some of the layers contain vast numbers of a species of Lingula.