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Tongue :: Tongue (v. i.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments..

Lorikeet :: Lorikeet (n.) Any one numerous species of small brush-tongued parrots or lories, found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and the adjacent islands, with some forms in the East Indies. They are arboreal in their habits and feed largely upon the honey of flowers. They belong to Trichoglossus, Loriculus, and several allied genera..

Hawk :: Hawk (v. i.) To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances..

Liberty :: Liberty (n.) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.

Fourchette :: Fourchette (n.) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the fraenum.

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..

Burr :: Burr (n.) A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism; -- often called the Newcastle, Northumberland, or Tweedside, burr..

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

Sea Ginger :: Sea ginger () A hydroid coral of the genus Millepora, especially M. alcicornis, of the West Indies and Florida. So called because it stings the tongue like ginger. See Illust. under Millepore..

Aglossal :: Aglossal (a.) Without tongue; tongueless.

Brooch :: Brooch (n.) An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat..

Fissilinguia :: Fissilinguia (n. pl.) A group of Lacertilia having the tongue forked, including the common lizards..

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

Agile :: Agile (a.) Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue..

Dorsal :: Dorsal (a.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral..

Vermilinguia :: Vermilinguia (n. pl.) A tribe of edentates comprising the South American ant-eaters. The tongue is long, slender, exsertile, and very flexible, whence the name..

Lingua :: Lingua (n.) A tongue.

Tongue :: Tongue (v. t.) To chide; to scold.

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

Adder's-tongue :: Adder's-tongue (n.) The yellow dogtooth violet.

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