lingulate


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lingulate /ˈlɪŋgjʊleɪt/
adjective
  • 1 Botany & Zoology tongue-shaped.
  • 2 Zoology denoting a burrowing brachiopod with an inarticulate shell and a long pedicle.
– origin C19: from L. lingulatus, based on lingua ‘tongue’.
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