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languette.

Alternative form of languet.

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Alternative form of languet. A tongue-shaped implement.

  2. Alternative form of languet. A tongue-like organ found on tunicates.

  3. Synonym of lingula. bony tongue-shaped structure on the mandible

  4. Synonym of lingula. fleshy tongue-shaped structure

  5. A tongue-shaped design used to decorate Ancient Greek pottery.

  6. A type of decorative hood used on a woman's bodice in the seventeenth century.

  7. The tongue of a reed on a harmonium.

  8. An elongated samara that occurs alone.

  9. A valve flap associated with the byssus of a mollusk.

Where this word comes from

From Old French languete (modern French languette), diminutive of langue (“tongue”), from Latin lingua. By surface analysis, Old French langue + -ette.

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