"lingula" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lɪŋɡjələ/ Forms: lingulas [plural], lingulae [plural]
Etymology: From Latin lingula (“tonguelet, small unit of volume”), from lingua (“tongue”) + -ula (“-ule: forming diminutives”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|lingula||tonguelet, small unit of volume}} Latin lingula (“tonguelet, small unit of volume”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|lingulae}} lingula (plural lingulas or lingulae)
  1. (historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 5/12 Roman ounce of wine, equivalent to about 11 mL. Tags: historical Coordinate_terms (unit of measure): cyathus (4 lingulas), acetabulum (6 lingulas), quartarius (12 lingulas), hemina (24 lingulas), sextarius (48 lingulas), congius (144 lingulas) urna (1152 lingulas), amphora (2304 lingulas), culeus (46080 lingulas)
    Sense id: en-lingula-en-noun-bc4FK7-z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Rome, Units of measure, Wine Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 34 26 Disambiguation of Ancient Rome: 57 21 22 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 55 23 23 Disambiguation of Wine: 82 12 6 Disambiguation of 'unit of measure': 100 0 0
  2. (anatomy) Any of several tongue-shaped bony structures, especially that which forms the anterior border of the mandibular foramen.
    Sense id: en-lingula-en-noun-fP2N7UkE Categories (other): Anatomy, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 34 26 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  3. (anatomy) Any small, fleshy tongue-shaped structure, such as in the anatomy of the brain or the human left lung, or in the whitefly vasiform orifice.
    Sense id: en-lingula-en-noun-WYSLUYsc Categories (other): Anatomy, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 34 26 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lingular, linguliform

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