| NOUN | body | lingua, tongue, glossa, clapper | a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity |
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| Sounds | lih'nggwah | |
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| Rhymes | agua ... Ozawa: 13 rhymes with wah... | |
| Meaning | A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity. | |
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| Synonyms | tongue, glossa, clapper | |
| Part of | mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris | The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge |
| throat, pharynx | The passage to the stomach and lungs | |
| Parts | tastebud, taste bud, gustatory organ | An oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue |
| Broader | articulator | A movable speech organ |
| organ | A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function | |
| Spanish | lengua | |
| Catalan | llengua | |
| Adjectives | lingual | consisting of or related to language |
| lingual | pertaining to or resembling or lying near the tongue | |
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