Translingual

Lingula anatina (left)

Proper noun

Lingula f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lingulidae – certain intertidal brachiopods from the Tertiary (and perhaps Cretaceous) to the present.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Animalia - kingdom; Brachiopoda - phylum; Linguliformea - subphylum; Lingulata - class; Lingulida - order; Linguloidea - superfamily; Lingulidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Lingula adamsi, Lingula anatina (type species), Lingula dregeri, Lingula eocenica, Lingula parva, Lingula reevii, Lingula rostrum, Lingula tenuis, Lingula translucida, Lingula tumidula, Lingula waikatoensis (species)

English

Noun

lingula ‎(plural lingulae)

1. (anatomy) Any of several tongue-shaped bony structures, especially that which forms the anterior border of the mandibular foramen.
2. (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.

Related terms

• lingular
• linguliform

Anagrams

• lingual

Italian

Noun

lingula f ‎(plural lingule)

1. (anatomy) lingula
2. ancient roman leaf-shaped sword

Latin

Etymology

lingua +‎ -ula, possibly influenced by ligula and lingō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.ɡu.la/, [ˈlɪŋ.ɡʊ.ɫa]

Noun

lingula f ‎(genitive lingulae); first declension

1. diminutive of lingua
2. tongue of land

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• lingulātus

Descendants

• Aromanian: lingurã
• English: lingula
• Italian: lingula
• Romanian: lingură

References

• lingula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lingula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• LINGULA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lingula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• lingula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers