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    GLOSSA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: glossae  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavityplay

    Synonyms:

    clapper; glossa; lingua; tongue

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("glossa" is a kind of...):

    organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)

    articulator (a movable speech organ)

    Meronyms (parts of "glossa"):

    gustatory organ; taste bud; tastebud (an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue)

    Holonyms ("glossa" is a part of...):

    mouth; oral cavity; oral fissure; rima oris (the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge)

    pharynx; throat (the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone)

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