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Phaneroglossal :: Phaneroglossal (a.) Having a conspicious tongue; -- said of certain reptiles and insects.

Close-tongued :: Close-tongued (a.) Closemouthed; silent.

Basihyoid :: Basihyoid (n.) The central tongue bone.

Anglo-saxonism :: Anglo-Saxonism (n.) A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue..

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.

Fur :: Fur (v. t.) To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue..

Hellenist :: Hellenist (n.) One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his mother tongue, as did the Jews of Asia Minor, Greece, Syria, and Egypt; distinguished from the Hebraists, or native Jews (Acts vi. 1)..

Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.

Sublingual :: Sublingua (n.) A process or fold below the tongue in some animals.

Dentilingual :: Dentilingual (a.) Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums; or representing a sound so formed.

Long-tongued :: Long-tongued (a.) Having a long tongue.

Voluble :: Voluble (a.) Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue..

Tongued :: Tongued (a.) Having a tongue.

Tonguebird :: Tonguebird (n.) The wryneck.

Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as e (eve) and / (f/d), etc., from i (ill) and / (f/t), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13..

Lory :: Lory (n.) Any one of many species of small parrots of the family Trichoglossidae, generally having the tongue papillose at the tip, and the mandibles straighter and less toothed than in common parrots. They are found in the East Indies, Australia, New Guinea, and the adjacent islands. They feed mostly on soft fruits and on the honey of flowers..

Raphe :: Raphe (n.) A line, ridge, furrow, or band of fibers, especially in the median line; as, the raphe of the tongue..

Futchel :: Futchel (n.) The jaws between which the hinder end of a carriage tongue is inserted.

Trill :: Trill (n.) The action of the organs in producing such sounds; as, to give a trill to the tongue. d.

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