lingual

(ling’gwal), a. and n. [= F. Sp. Pg. lingual = It. linguale, lingual odontophore.— Lingual teeth, the rasping points or proce es of the radula or lingual ribbon of a mollusk.— peed vein, the vein corresponding to the lingual e Ty. II. ». A letter pronounced in the manner eal ine, «2s ale (ling-gwa’lé),.; pl. lingual i a (-li-i). [NL (se. 08, bone), neut. of lingual is: see lingual.| The bone of the tongue, more fully called os linguce or os linguale; the hyoid bone, or os hyoides. See hyoid, n. ingualis (ling-gwa’lis), ».; pl. lingua les (-léz). —e L, (se. musculus, musele): see lingual.] The proper muscle of the tongue; the muscular substance of the tongue which is not definitively attached to surrounding bony parts.