glossa

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glōssa, “tongue”).

Noun

glossa (plural glossae)

  1. (zoology) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Italian

Noun

glossa f (plural glosse)

  1. gloss (explanatory note)

Verb

glossa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of glossare
  2. second-person singular imperative of glossare

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