GLOSSA (glossae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: glossae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does glossa mean? 

• GLOSSA (noun)
  The noun GLOSSA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GLOSSA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLOSSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

clapper; glossa; lingua; tongue

Hypernyms ("glossa" is a kind of...):

organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)

articulator (a movable speech organ)

Meronyms (parts of "glossa"):

gustatory organ; taste bud; tastebud (an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue)

Holonyms ("glossa" is a part of...):

mouth; oral cavity; oral fissure; rima oris (the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge)

pharynx; throat (the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone)