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Webster 1913 Edition

(lĭṉ′gū̍-lā̍t)

Adj.

[L.

lingulatus

, fr.

lingula

a little tongue. Cf.

Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.

Adj.

[L. lingulatus, from lingua, tongue.]

Shaped like the tongue or a strap. [But ligulate is more generally used.]

lingulate ‎(comparative more lingulate, superlative most lingulate)

In the shape of a tongue
- 2002, David J. Bottjer, Exceptional Fossil Preservation: A Unique View on the Evolution of Marine Life, ISBN 0231102542, p. 53.
  The infaunal benthic community was dominated by a number of suspension- or deposit-feeding forms, such as lingulate brachiopods, as well as some primary consumers, such as the priapulid worm Maotianshania and the worm-like Facivermis.