‖n.; pl. Linguæ [ L., the tongue. ] (Zool.) (a) A tongue. (b) A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. linguax, -acis, loquacious, fr. lingua tongue. ] Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Phonetics) An articulation pronounced by the aid or use of the tongue and teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lingua tongue + E. dental. ] (Phonetics) Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters d and t. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ It., prop., language of the Franks. ] 1. The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of the languages of the people of the region and of foreign traders. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any hybrid or other language used over a wide area as a common or commercial tongue among peoples of different speech. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. lingua tongue: cf. F. lingual. See Tongue, and cf. Language. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. lying near the tongue; especially, in dentistry, on the surface of the tooth next to the tongue. Contrasted with buccal, the side of a tooth touching the cheek, i. e. the side opposite to the lingual side. [ PJC ]

Lingual ribbon. (Zool.) See Odontophore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Sanskrit grammar certain letters, as &tsdot_;, &tsdot_;h, &dsdot_;, &dsdot_;h, &nsdot_;, are called linguals, cerebrals, or cacuminals. They are uttered with the tip of the tongue turned up and drawn back into the dome of the palate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being lingual. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. lingua tongue. ] (Zool.) Same as Linguatulina. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. lingua tongue. ] (Zool.) An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The adults of some species inhabit the nostrils and nasal sinuses of dogs and other carnivores. The young, after being swallowed by sheep, rabbits, etc., find their way to the lungs and liver and become encysted. These, when eaten by carnivores, develop into the adult forms. [ 1913 Webster ]