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lingua

noun
/ˈlɪŋ.ɡwə/

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin lingua (“the tongue”). Doublet of langue and tongue.

  1. derived from lingua — “the tongue”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of tongue.

    • Let your lingua loiter on its salty, hard surface. When you finally crack the nut, don’t swallow it right away.
    • “I believe it’s from the condition he’s acquired,” she answered while moving closer to examine the elongated lingua. “You can put it back in your mouth now.”

  2. A median process of the labium, at the underside of the mouth in insects, and serving as…

    A median process of the labium, at the underside of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.

The neighborhood

Derived

interlingua, lingual

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at lingua. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at lingua. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at lingua

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA