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Definition: Ligula
Ligula
\Lig"u*la\ (l[i^]g"[-u]*l[.a]), n.; pl. L.
Ligul[ae]
(-l[=e]), E.
Ligulas (-l[.a]z). [L., a little tongue. See
Ligule.]
1. (Bot.) See
Ligule.
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2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The central process, or front edge, of the labium of
insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis,
as in bees. [See Illust. under
Labium, and
Hymenoptera.]
(b) A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. See
Parapodium.
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