Lingula is
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
for "little
tongue
The tongue is a muscular organ (anatomy), organ in the mouth of a typical tetrapod. It manipulates food for mastication and swallowing as part of the digestive system, digestive process, and is the primary organ of taste. The tongue's upper surfa ...
". It can stand for:
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''Lingula'' (brachiopod), a brachiopod genus of the family Lingulidae, which is among the few brachiopods surviving today but also known from fossils over 500 million years old
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Lingala language
Lingala (Ngala) (Lingala: ''Lingála'') is a Bantu language spoken in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the northern half of the Republic of the Congo, in their capitals, Kinshasa and Brazzaville, and to a lesser degree ...
, a Bantu language
* In anatomy:
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Lingula of left lung
The lungs are the primary organs of the respiratory system in humans and most other animals, including some snails and a small number of fish. In mammals and most other vertebrates, two lungs are located near the backbone on either side of t ...
, one of the segments of the left lung with a tongue-shape
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Sphenoidal lingula
Along the posterior part of the lateral margin of the carotid groove of the sphenoid bone, in the angle between the body and great wing
The greater wing of the sphenoid bone, or alisphenoid, is a bony process of the sphenoid bone; there is one o ...
, a part of the sphenoid bone
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Lingula of mandible
The lingula of the mandible is a prominent bony ridge on the medial side of the mandible. It is next to the mandibular foramen. It gives attachment to the sphenomandibular ligament.
Structure
The lingula of the mandible is a prominent bony rid ...
, a ridge on the medial aspect of the body of the mandible, just anterior to the mandibular foramen
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Lingula of cerebellum
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Taenia of fourth ventricle
In the brain, the taenia of the fourth ventricle (lingula, tenia of fourth ventricle) are two narrow bands of white matter, one on either side, which complete the lower part of the roof of the fourth ventricle.
Each consists of a vertical and a ...
** In the vasiform orifice of the
Aleyrodidae
Whiteflies are Hemipterans that typically feed on the undersides of plant leaves. They comprise the family Aleyrodidae, the only family in the superfamily Aleyrodoidea. More than 1550 species have been described.
Description and taxonomy
The A ...
a small, tongue-like organ assisting in the excretion of honeydew
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