An instrument with a narrow cup-shaped scoop, which may have been used as a medical probe, an ear scoop or for picking up small quantities of ointment.
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• (n.) A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. See Parapodium. • (n.) The central process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees. • (n.) See Ligule.
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Lig'u·la (lĭg'u*lȧ)
noun ;
plural Latin
Ligulæ (- lē), English
Ligulas (-lȧz). [ Latin , a little tongue. See
Ligule .]
1. (Botany) See
Ligule .
2. (Zoology) (a) The central process, or fro...
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Name given to the lobe at the tip of the labium: usually divided into glossae and paraglossae.
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In botany, a ligula or ligule is a strap-shaped petal of flowers of the order Composite. The term is also applied to the membrane which occurs at the base of the lamina of a grass leaf, as that of millet. Hence the term ligulate, applied especially to the ray florets of Compositae.
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