oxygeusia (oksijoʻsia)

[NL., sense of taste. Oxy glo us (ok-si-g γλῶσσα, tongue.] 1. In herpet., a remarkable genus of firm is ternal batrachians of the family Ranida, containing Ranidæ, containing Asiatic frogs whose tongue is angulate behind, whence the name.-2. In entom., a genus of coleopterous insects of the family Carabid a, with one species, O. subcyaneus, of Brazil. Chaudoir, 1843.-3. In ornith., same as Mniotilta. Swains on, 1827. oxygnathous (ok-sig'na-thus), a. [ oxygon, oxygone (ok'si-gon, -gon), n. [