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Earth-tongue :: Earth-tongue (n.) A fungus of the genus Geoglossum.

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.

Lick :: Lick (v. t.) To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk..

Linguiform :: Linguiform (a.) Having the form of the tongue; tongue-shaped.

Envious :: Envious (a.) Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues..

Langued :: Langued (a.) Tongued; having the tongue visible.

Papilla :: Papilla (n.) Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillae of the tongue..

Worm :: Worm (n.) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness..

Worrel :: Worrel (n.) An Egyptian fork-tongued lizard, about four feet long when full grown..

Falter :: Falter (v. & n.) To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters..

Worm :: Worm (n.) A certain muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta..

Lap :: Lap (v. i.) To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.

Loll :: Loll (v. i.) To let the tongue hang from the mouth, as an ox, dog, or other animal, when heated by labor; as, the ox stood lolling in the furrow..

Dorsum :: Dorsum (n.) The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue..

Glossa :: Glossa (n.) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera..

Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck..

Aard-vark :: Aard-vark (n.) An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue..

Tonguebird :: Tonguebird (n.) The wryneck.

Tonguelet :: Tonguelet (n.) A little tongue.

Deer's-tongue :: Deer's-tongue (n.) A plant (Liatris odoratissima) whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance compared to vanilla.

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