lingula

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of ⁄12 Roman ounce of wine, equivalent to about 11 mL.
2. noun Any of several tongue-shaped bony structures, especially that which forms the anterior border of the mandibular foramen.
3. noun Any small, fleshy tongue-shaped structure, such as in the anatomy of the brain or the human left lung, or in the whitefly vasiform orifice.

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