Ligula
Origin: L, a little tongue. See ligule.
1. (Science: botany) see ligule.
2. (Science: zoology) The central process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees. A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. See Parapodium.
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