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glos•sa
(glos′ə, glô′sə),USA pronunciation n., pl. glos•sae
(glos′ē, glô′sē),USA pronunciation glos•sas.
Glos•sa (glô′sə),USA pronunciation n.
- Anatomythe tongue.
- Insects[Entomol.]one of a pair of median, sometimes fused lobes of the labium of an insect.
- Greek glôssa tongue
- 1885–90
Glos•sa (glô′sə),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Names Cape, a promontory in SW Albania.
'glossa' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bugloss
- diglot
- gloss
- glossary
- glossator
- glosso-
- glottis
- hound's-tongue
- idioglossia
- salpiglossis
- xenoglossia