languette

n. (形状或功能)像舌头的东西,[音]簧舌

词形变化

languettes 复数 languettes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of languet.

    A tongue-shaped implement.

  2. 2.

    Synonym of lingula.

    bony tongue-shaped structure on the mandible

  3. 3.

    Synonym of lingula.

    fleshy tongue-shaped structure

  4. 4.

    A tongue-shaped design used to decorate Ancient Greek pottery.

  5. 5.

    A type of decorative hood used on a woman's bodice in the seventeenth century.

  6. 6.

    The tongue of a reed on a harmonium.

  7. 7.

    An elongated samara that occurs alone.

  8. 8.

    A valve flap associated with the byssus of a mollusk.

  9. 9.

    Alternative form of languet.

    A tongue-like organ found on tunicates.

词源

From Old French languete (modern French languette), diminutive of langue (“tongue”), from Latin lingua. By surface analysis, Old French langue + -ette.

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