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ligulas |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ligula \Lig"u*la\ (l[i^]g"[-u]*l[.a]), n.; pl L. {Ligul[ae]} (-l[=e]), E. {Ligulas} (-l[.a]z). [L., a little tongue. See {Ligule}.] 1. (Bot.) See {Ligule}. 2. (Zo["o]l.) a The central process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees. [See Illust. under {Labium}, and {Hymenoptera}.] b A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. See {Parapodium}.
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