sublingua

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noun

A muscular secondary tongue found below the primary tongue in prosimian primates.

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Meanings

nounsublingua (plural sublinguae)

plural sublinguae

  1. anatomyA muscular secondary tongue found below the primary tongue in prosimian primates.

Origin

Latin

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APA

sublingua. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublingua

MLA

“sublingua.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublingua. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sublingua,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublingua.

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