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Definition of Glossa
1. Noun. A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
Generic synonyms: Organ, Articulator
Group relationships: Mouth, Oral Cavity, Oral Fissure, Rima Oris, Pharynx, Throat
Terms within: Gustatory Organ, Taste Bud, Tastebud
Derivative terms: Lingual, Lingual, Tongue, Tongue
Definition of Glossa
1. n. The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera.
Definition of Glossa
1. the tongue [n -SAE or -SAS] : GLOSSAL [adj]
Medical Definition of Glossa
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Origin: NL, fr. Gr. The tongue.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glossa
Literary usage of Glossa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Bibliographical Dictionary by Friedrich Adolf Ebert, Arthur Browne (1837)
"11076 — dig. infort. cum glossa. Without place or date. ... Gothic letter, with
the signatures, az and A—R. 11085 — codex cum glossa. ..."
2. Iohannis Wyclif De Eucharistia Tractatus Maior: Accedit Tractatus De by John Wycliffe, Johann Loserth (1892)
"22. talia; adde verba, ut in glossa; ib. ABDE: ad sacrum; A: sanum sup. lin. 24.
C: nis t in marg. alia manu. 29. ..."
3. The Science of Jurisprudence: A Treatise in which the Growth of Positive Law by Hannis Taylor (1908)
"... Accursius, about the middle of the thirteenth century, worked them into a
single glossa, usually referred to as the glossa simply. ..."
4. New Mallophaga by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Robert Evens Snodgrass (1896)
"... lp labial palpus, g glossa, pg para- glossa. Fig. 4, Maxilla of nymph of Perla;
ed cardo, st stipes, lac lacinia, gal galea, mx p maxillary palpus. Fig. ..."
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