LIGULA
\lˈɪɡjʊlə], \lˈɪɡjʊlə], \l_ˈɪ_ɡ_j_ʊ_l_ə]\
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By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
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A band of white matter in the wall of the fourth ventricle; a process on the wall of the mouth of insects.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Lingula, 'a small tongue, a tongue of land; the tongue of a shoe.' The clavicle; also, the glottis and epiglottis. A measure containing 3 drachms and a scruple, or about half an ounce. Also, a species of bandage or ligature. -Scribonius.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland