glossa

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling'glossa': (glosə, glôsə); 'Glossa': (glôsə)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
glos•sa  (glosə, glôsə),USA pronunciation n., pl. glos•sae  (glosē, glôsē),USA pronunciation glos•sas. 
  1. Anatomythe tongue.
  2. Insects[Entomol.]one of a pair of median, sometimes fused lobes of the labium of an insect.
  • Greek glôssa tongue
  • 1885–90

Glos•sa  (glôsə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Place Names Cape, a promontory in SW Albania.

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