"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 Categories (topical): Ancient Rome, Units of measure, Wine 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 Disambiguation of Ancient Rome: 39 31 30 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 53 23 24 Disambiguation of Wine: 52 23 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 31 30 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. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-lingula-en-noun-fP2N7UkE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 31 30 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. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-lingula-en-noun-WYSLUYsc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 31 30 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lingular, linguliform

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