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ligula

[ lig-yuh-luh ]

noun

, plural lig·u·lae [lig, -y, uh, -lee], lig·u·las.
  1. Botany, Zoology. a tonguelike or strap-shaped part or organ.
  2. Botany. ligule.


ligula

/ ˈlɪɡjʊlə /

noun

  1. entomol the terminal part of the labium of an insect consisting of paired lobes
  2. a variant spelling of ligule
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈligular, adjective
  • ˈliguˌloid, adjective
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Other Words From

  • ligu·lar adjective
  • ligu·loid adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ligula1

1750–60; < New Latin, special use of Latin li ( n ) gula spoon, shoe-strap, equivalent to lig-, variant stem of lingere to lick + -ula -ule
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ligula1

C18: New Latin; see ligule
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Example Sentences

Paraglossa, par-a-glos′a, n. one of the two appendages of the ligula in insects.

It contained a long ligula, a spathomele, a cyathiscomele, and a double olivary probe.

Epilobe: of mentum in Carabidae, really corresponds to a partially divided ligula: a lateral appendage of a bilobed mentum.

Papilla: a minute, soft projection: specifically the modified ligula in silk spinning caterpillars.

Tubus: a term used to designate the corneous base of a ligula: the sheath of the tongue.

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