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Webster 1913 Edition
Ligula
‖
Lig′u-la
(lĭg′ū̍-lȧ)
, Noun.
pl. L.
Ligulæ
(-lē)
, E. Ligulas
(-lȧz)
. [L., a little tongue. See
Ligule
.] 2.
(Zool.)
(a)
The central process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees.
[See Illust. under
Labium
, and Hymenoptera
.] (b)
A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. See
Parapodium
.