Crossword-Solution: LIGULA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Ligula | n. | See Ligule. |
| Ligula | n. | The central process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees. |
| Ligula | n. | A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. See Parapodium. |
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| TONGUE-like process | 1 answer |
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The old plural of Eye.
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Sentences with LIGULA (5)
And it must, of course, be admitted that some kinds of living creatures, like the Lamp-shell _Ligula_ or the Pearly Nautilus, hardly change from age to age, whereas others, like some of the birds and butterflies, are always giving rise to something new.
Auricle -cula: an appendage resembling a little ear; in Odonata the tumescent area at the sides of the second abdominal segment: in Andrenidae, a short membranous process placed laterally on the ligula.
Epilobe: of mentum in Carabidae, really corresponds to a partially divided ligula: a lateral appendage of a bilobed mentum.
Glossa: the inner lobe of second maxilla, corresponding to the lacing of first maxilla: loosely used as a synonym for tongue: especially applied to the coiled structure of the Lepidoptera; see also ligula.
Ligula: the central sclerite of the labium, borne upon the mentum, usually single, sometimes paired: often used as synonymous with "glossa" and "tongue": corresponds to the united laciniae of right and left maxillae: see also elytral ligula.