• (n.) One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects. See Illust. under Hymenoptera.
One of a pair of lobes at the outer edges of the tip of the labium: with the central glossae, the paraglossae make up the ligula.
Par`a·glos'sa (-glŏs'sȧ) noun ; plural Paraglossæ (- sē). [ New Latin , from Greek para` beside + glw^ssa tongue.] (Zoology) One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects. See Illust. under 
The outer most pair of lobes at the outer edges of the tip of the labium: with the central glossae, the paraglossae make up the ligula.
paraglossa Swelling of the tongue; a hypertrophy (abnormal enlargement) of the tongue, usually congenital.