"retracted tongue root" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: retracted tongue roots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} retracted tongue root (plural retracted tongue roots)
  1. (linguistics, often attributive) An articulation involving retraction of the tongue root. Wikipedia link: retracted tongue root Tags: attributive, often Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (an articulation involving retraction of the tongue root): arrel de la llengua endarrerit [masculine] (Catalan), hátrahúzott nyelvgyök (Hungarian)

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