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ligula
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Etymology
From Latin ligula (“strap, spoon”), a variant of lingula (“small tongue-shaped object”), itself partly derived from lingō (“lick”) and partly a diminutive of lingua (“tongue”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ligula (plural ligulas or ligulae)
- A strap or strap-shaped object, especially such a development in plants or insects.
- 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
- He unhasped the ligulae of his haversack, taking out a pair of blue jeans which he tossed to Bruno.
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Latin
Noun
ligula
- alternative form of lingula (“tongue or tongue-shaped thing”)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “ligula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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