Definition of Glossa

1. Noun. A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.

Exact synonyms: Clapper, Lingua, Tongue
Generic synonyms: Organ, Articulator
Group relationships: Mouth, Oral Cavity, Oral Fissure, Rima Oris, Pharynx, Throat
Terms within: Gustatory Organ, Taste Bud, Tastebud
Derivative terms: Lingual, Lingual, Tongue, Tongue

Definition of Glossa

1. n. The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera.

Definition of Glossa

1. the tongue [n -SAE or -SAS] : GLOSSAL [adj]

Medical Definition of Glossa

1. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. The tongue. The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glossa

glory-of-the-snow
glory box
glory boxes
glory days
glory fern
glory holes
glory lily
glory pea
gloryholers
glorying
gloss
gloss-
gloss over
glossa (current term)
glossae
glossagra
glossal
glossalgia
glossanthrax
glossarial
glossarially
glossaries
glossarist
glossarists
glossary
glossas
glossata
glossator

Literary usage of Glossa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A General Bibliographical Dictionary by Friedrich Adolf Ebert, Arthur Browne (1837)
"11076 — dig. infort. cum glossa. Without place or date. ... Gothic letter, with the signatures, az and A—R. 11085 — codex cum glossa. ..."

2. Iohannis Wyclif De Eucharistia Tractatus Maior: Accedit Tractatus De by John Wycliffe, Johann Loserth (1892)
"22. talia; adde verba, ut in glossa; ib. ABDE: ad sacrum; A: sanum sup. lin. 24. C: nis t in marg. alia manu. 29. ..."

3. The Science of Jurisprudence: A Treatise in which the Growth of Positive Law by Hannis Taylor (1908)
"... Accursius, about the middle of the thirteenth century, worked them into a single glossa, usually referred to as the glossa simply. ..."

4. New Mallophaga by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Robert Evens Snodgrass (1896)
"... lp labial palpus, g glossa, pg para- glossa. Fig. 4, Maxilla of nymph of Perla; ed cardo, st stipes, lac lacinia, gal galea, mx p maxillary palpus. Fig. ..."

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