fissilingual
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin fissus (p.p. of findere (“to split”)) + lingual.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl
Adjective edit
fissilingual (comparative more fissilingual, superlative most fissilingual)
- (zoology) Having a forked tongue.
- Synonym: fork-tongued
- fissilingual lizard
References edit
- “fissilingual”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.