Reference > American Heritage® > Dictionary
  gloss2 glossal  
CONTENTS · INDEX · ILLUSTRATIONS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
glossa
 
SYLLABICATION:glos·sa
PRONUNCIATION:  glôs, gls
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. glos·sae (  glôs, gls) or glos·sas
1. Anatomy The tongue. 2. Zoology A tonguelike structure in the labium of an insect.
ETYMOLOGY:Greek glssa, tongue.
 
 
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

CONTENTS · INDEX · ILLUSTRATIONS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
  gloss2 glossal  
 
Google
Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore.
Welcome · Press · Advertising · Linking · Terms of Use · © 2008 Bartleby.com